Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Facilitation of working memory capacity by transcranial direct current stimulation: a secondary analysis from the augmenting cognitive training in older adults (ACT) study. |
| Authors: |
Aksu, Serkan, Indahlastari, Aprinda, O'Shea, Andrew, Marsiske, Michael, Cohen, Ronald, Alexander, Gene E., DeKosky, Steven T., Hishaw, Georg A., Dai, Yunfeng, Wu, Samuel S., Woods, Adam J. |
| Source: |
GeroScience; Oct2024, Vol. 46 Issue 5, p4075-4110, 36p |
| Subject Terms: |
TRANSCRANIAL direct current stimulation, MEMORY span, COGNITIVE training, COGNITIVE aging, OLDER people |
| Abstract: |
Aging is a public health concern with an ever-increasing magnitude worldwide. An array of neuroscience-based approaches like transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and cognitive training have garnered attention in the last decades to ameliorate the effects of cognitive aging in older adults. This study evaluated the effects of 3 months of bilateral tDCS over the frontal cortices with multimodal cognitive training on working memory capacity. Two hundred ninety-two older adults without dementia were allocated to active or sham tDCS paired with cognitive training. These participants received repeated sessions of bilateral tDCS over the bilateral frontal cortices, combined with multimodal cognitive training. Working memory capacity was assessed with the digit span forward, backward, and sequencing tests. No baseline differences between active and sham groups were observed. Multiple linear regressions indicated more improvement of the longest digit span backward from baseline to post-intervention (p = 0.021) and a trend towards greater improvement (p = 0.056) of the longest digit span backward from baseline to 1 year in the active tDCS group. No significant between-group changes were observed for digit span forward or digit span sequencing. The present results provide evidence for the potential for tDCS paired with cognitive training to remediate age-related declines in working memory capacity. These findings are sourced from secondary outcomes in a large randomized clinical trial and thus deserve future targeted investigation in older adult populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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