PSYC 3495 Study Guide - Final Guide: Randomized Controlled Trial, Cardiovascular Fitness, Cognitive Training
28 Nov 2016
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Provide a brief overview of the study (research question, methods/analyses, results and interpretation) and describe why the results offered only partial hope for the benefits of cognitive training in healthy aging. List the main training targets and whether targeted training improved performance in that cognitive domain. Colcombe et al. , 2004 - physical activity cardiovascular fitness cortical plasticity and aging used in essay. Training target: exexutive control (cognitive task performance) targeted training intervention: (study 1) cross-sectional participants divided into high or low fit cft; randomized control trial (study 2) participants divided into either cft group or stretching and toning group. The researchers predictions include: brain activation within the frontal and parietal regions (responsible for flexible executive control) will positively correlate with physical fitness. Brain activation within the anterior cingulate cortex, a region necessary for monitoring response conflict, will negatively correlate with physical fitness.
