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On Seahorses and Memory In featured. Next Post Diagnosing memory loss before symptoms appear. Lead author Amit Lampit, PhD, a research fellow in the School of Psychology, says that brain training can play an important role in helping to reduce early symptoms of memory loss.
Study Shows Promise. But, Lampit says, most large trials have been done in supervised settings—and it's unknown whether online programs used at home use would have the same effects.
In fact, the researchers did compare computerized brain training in the two types of settings in an earlier meta-analysis from Rather than recommend at-home brain training at this time, Lampit says he would like to see more community centers and clinicians establish group facilities similar to those with evidence already behind them.
Michael Valenzuela, PhD, leader of the Regenerative Neuroscience Group at the Brain and Mind Centre, says that new technology may also make effective brain training accessible to more people. And there's still no evidence that brain training can actually prevent dementia. In fact, Lampit and Valenzuela are part of a large Australian trial that will test whether a tailored program of lifestyle modification, including weekly brain training over four years, can indeed stave off dementia.
The new study results were published this week in the American Journal of Psychiatry. This perception may be a result of how brain games are marketed to the general public, but the Global Council on Brain Health , an independent international group of scientists, health professionals, scholars and policy experts, also highlights that there is little scientific evidence to support those claims.
Although brain games may not be effective tools for the purposes of improving cognitive abilities, there is support for exercise and cognitive stimulation.
According to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion , exercise may help reduce the risk of dementia , and also improve cognition for people already diagnosed with dementia. Cognitive stimulation, in the form of novel activities such as learning a language , can also keep your brain sharp.
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