Elias Jeffrey W, Wagster Molly V
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2007 Jun;62 Spec No 1:5-10. doi: 10.1093/geronb/62.special_issue_1.5.
Underlying the attempt to change behavior or improve performance by virtue of intervention or training is the notion that change is possible and that plasticity, life-course malleability, and compensation are well-recognized concepts of life-span development. The cognition and aging literature reveals that there are a growing number of context and background variables against which the effectiveness of intervention/training can be judged beyond the intrinsic motivations for change. In this introductory article to a special issue on cognitive intervention and training, we briefly discuss several of these background variables.
试图通过干预或训练来改变行为或提高表现的背后，是这样一种观念，即改变是可能的，可塑性、生命历程的可塑造性以及代偿是生命周期发展中广为人知的概念。认知与衰老的文献表明，除了内在的改变动机之外，有越来越多的背景和环境变量可用来评判干预/训练的有效性。在这篇关于认知干预与训练特刊的介绍性文章中，我们简要讨论其中的几个背景变量。
