Philip M Fernbach, Christopher D Erb
A quantitative causal model theory of conditional reasoning
Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition
may possible enhance adults cognitive health promote healthy aging processing speed training using useful field view ufov related activities software study investigated impact utilizing ufov processing speed improvement older adults response growing global attention cognitive health aging issues quasiexperimental study 22 individuals mean age sd 719 48 participated experimental group 20 communitybased participants mean age sd 671 48 control group intervention involved ten sessions ufov training lasting 60 min conducted twice week experimental group control group engaged volunteer service activities measurements counting back fabrica doubledecision hawkeye administered participants intervention results showed significant improvements experimental group four measurements p 001 005 0001 0001 nonsignificant gains control group p 005 furthermore mixed repeatedmeasures anova analysis time 1 pretest measures covariate revealed significant interaction effects time group measurement indicators p 005 001 005 except fabrica p 005 conclusion findings support effectiveness ufov cognitive training interventions enhancing specific cognitive abilities