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Computer-based memory and attention training methods improve episodic recall in older adults who have amnestic mild cognitive impairment.1,2 Memory and attention are highly interactive and interdependent processes due to their shared circuitry. The cognitive benefits of computer-based memory training appear to persist for at least 6 months.1 Traditional cognitive training programs are administered by professionals and may cost as much as $15 to $100 an hour, depending on the educational level of the staff member who delivers the training.2 More cost-effective methods of computer-based memory training are needed. In the study by Zimmermann et al.3 on patients with Parkinson disease (PD), 2 types of computer training were compared: a specific cognitive training method (CogniPlus) and a nonspecific method, Nintendo Wii, a game console.
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Study funding: L. Hershey is supported by research grants from EnVivo Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, and Baxter. She is coinvestigator on a research grant from the NIH (8UL1TR000041) and on a grant from the Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience (OCNS).
Disclosure: The author reports no disclosures relevant to the manuscript. Go to Neurology.org for full disclosures.
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