Abstract

GARCIA ORTIZ, Lorena; BONILLA CARRENO, Fidel Mauricio  and  MARTINEZ GONZALEZ, Carmen Patricia. Efficacy of a computerized cognitive training program on elderly with normal ageing. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2021, vol.15, n.2, pp.63-76.  Epub June 17, 2022. ISSN 1900-2386.  https://doi.org/10.21500/19002386.5913.

Attention is an implicit process in the cognitive function that is decreases when ageing. However, the computerized training programs have demonstrated effectiveness in the improvement and maintenance of this function. The aim of this study is determining the efficiency of the attention module of the CogniPlus in older adults with normal ageing. This study used a pre and post experimental design with just one group with pre and post individual testing training with an intensity of two sessions of 45 minutes each two times per week during 5 weeks; there were 23 participants older than 60 years from Bogota city. It was measured using pre and post training test with digit span forward and Corsi forward, Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), Digit Vigilance Test (DVT) and Visual Search and Attention Test (VSAT). The comparative results pre and posts showed significant differences in the vigilant measure which was tested through seconds of DVT with a minimum effect size, as well as a reduction of the omissions with an average effect size, and the VSAT test with a large effect size. It can be concluded that the module of attention called CogniPlus could help to improve the abilities of vigilance and sustained attention of elderly people who aged normal.

Keywords : Cognitive computarized training; CogniPlus; attention; normal aging.

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