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Mental and Physical Exercise as a Means to Reverse Cognitive Aging and Enhance Well-Being

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Enhancing Cognitive Fitness in Adults

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This chapter examines the current data on cognitive interventions, as well as physical fitness interventions, as means of improving cognitive functioning, including a review of the most recent behavioral and brain data. We present ­evidence that cognitive interventions involving complex video game training are especially promising. Special attention is devoted to the discussion of transfer of training from these interventions to important real-world activities performed every day. Recommendations and future directions are discussed.

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    Walter R. Boot Ph.D. & Daniel P. Blakely B.A.

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Boot, W.R., Blakely, D.P. (2011). Mental and Physical Exercise as a Means to Reverse Cognitive Aging and Enhance Well-Being. In: Hartman-Stein, P., LaRue, A. (eds) Enhancing Cognitive Fitness in Adults. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0636-6_2

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