Margrett Jennifer A, Willis Sherry L
Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2006 Jun;13(2):173-95. doi: 10.1080/138255890969285.
Research has demonstrated that older adults' cognitive performance can be enhanced via formal intervention, as well as more informal intervention including collaboration or working with a partner. The current study investigated the effects of an inductive reasoning training program adapted for in-home use among older adults assigned to individual training (n = 30), collaborative training (n = 34), or a no-treatment control group (n = 34). The training consisted of 10 sessions, and all participants completed a pretest followed by a post-test 6 weeks later. Findings suggest that older adults could effectively "train themselves" without the guidance of a formal instructor. The results, however, did not indicate immediate added benefit in reasoning performance for collaborative versus individual training using the current reasoning program.
研究表明，通过正式干预以及包括合作或与伙伴一起工作在内的更非正式的干预，可以提高老年人的认知表现。本研究调查了一种为居家使用而改编的归纳推理训练计划的效果，该计划针对分配到个人训练组（n = 30）、合作训练组（n = 34）或无治疗对照组（n = 34）的老年人。训练包括10节课程，所有参与者都完成了一次预测试，6周后进行了一次后测试。研究结果表明，老年人在没有正式指导教师的情况下可以有效地“自我训练”。然而，结果并未表明使用当前推理计划进行合作训练与个人训练相比，在推理表现上有直接的额外益处。
