Benefits of memory training programs for elderly with low education in Ermelino Matarazzo

• Grant number: 07/00441-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2007
• End date: November 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Cognitive Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Monica Sanches Yassuda
• Grantee: Henrique Salmazo da Silva
• Host Institution: Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades (EACH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Maintaining cognitive abilities is associated with longevity and quality of life. The objective of this study is to describe the benefits of memory training sessions to older adults with low educational status, and to suggest appropriate methodology for this purpose. 40 healthy older adults, divided into groups of 20, ages between 60-75, with 0-2 years of formal education, who accept to participate. Each group will receive 10 sessions of training, 90 minutes each. One group will receive training in mental imagery and the other will receive training in verbal associations. One group will serve as control for the other. Participants will complete cognitive screening tests (validated for Brazilian elders) before and after the intervention.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DA SILVA‚ H.S.; YASSUDA‚ M.S.. Memory training for older adults with low education: mental images versus categorization. EDUCATIONAL GERONTOLOGY, v. 35, n. 10, p. 890-905, 2009. (07/00110-0, 07/00441-6)