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Cognitive Training and Aging of the Brain
K. Warner Schaie and Sherry L. Willis are two of the more important researchers in the area of aging and cognitive training. They oversee the Seattle Longitudinal Study, which followed adults across many years as they grew older, regularly monitoring their cognitive status. Among their most important findings:
* Through cognitive training (exercises for the brain), older people can improve their abilities.
* Those who have had a decline in their thinking abilities can get back to where they were 14 years earlier.
* Certain abilities are more likely to decline with age than others. Four abilities that typically get worse are:
- processing speed
- reasoning
- memory
- spatial orientation
* Cognitive training can impact everyday tasks. For example, reasoning training can make people better at solving problems around the household or logistics of transportation.
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