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Cognitive Rehabilitation in Healthy Aging

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Declines in various sensory and cognitive abilities are observed in older adults. A major goal of cognitive training is to slow or reverse these age-related declines; this is achieved by cognitive rehabilitation, which aims at modulating brain activation, consequent reduction of compensatory recruitment, and parallel increase in restoration-based plasticity. There are different methods to induce task-related changes in activity of specific brain regions reflecting restorative plasticity. We first discuss the potential of various neurobehavioral training approaches—namely, strategy training, processing training, and multitasking training. In addition, new promising outcomes obtained with new neurostimulation techniques are discussed.

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    Clara Casco

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    Stefano Masiero

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    Ugo Carraro

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Casco, C. (2018). Cognitive Rehabilitation in Healthy Aging. In: Masiero, S., Carraro, U. (eds) Rehabilitation Medicine for Elderly Patients. Practical Issues in Geriatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57406-6_33

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