计算机化健脑程序改善老人记忆力
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Memory improves for older adults using computerized brain-fitness program
计算机化健脑程序改善老人记忆力


UCLA researchers have found that older adults who regularly used a brain-fitness program on a computer demonstrated significantly improved memory and language skills.
UCLA研究者发现老年人如果使用计算机健脑程序能显著性提高记忆和语言能力。


The UCLA team studied 69 dementia-free participants, with an average age of 82, who were recruited from retirement communities in Southern California. The participants played a computerized brain-fitness program called Dakim BrainFitness, which trains individuals through more than 400 exercises in the areas of shortand long-term memory, language, visual-spatial processing, reasoning and problem-solving, and calculation skills.
UCLA团队招募了来自南加州社区69名平均年龄82岁的老年痴呆患者。参与者使用的计算机健脑程序叫做Dakim健脑程序，这个程序通过超过400个在长期记忆，语言，视空间功能，推理和解决问题以及计算能力方面的内容来改善人们在这些方面的能力。


The researchers found that of the 69 participants, the 52 individuals who over a six-month period completed at least 40 sessions (of 20–25 minutes each) on the program showed improvement in both immediate and delayed memory skills, as well as language skills.
研究者发现在69名参与者中，有52人在超过6个月的时间内通过完成至少40次的训练（每次20-25分钟）提高了语言，即刻记忆和延迟记忆能力。


The study’s findings add to a body of research exploring whether brain fitness tools may help improve language and memory and ultimately help protect individuals from the cognitive decline associated with aging and Alzheimer’s disease.
这项研究的结果被加入到另外一个研究中，另外的研究准备去探索是否健脑方法能够帮助患者提高语言和记忆能力并最终保护那些上了年纪或者有AD的患者远离认知障碍。


Age-related memory decline affects approximately 40 percent of older adults. And while previous studies have shown that engaging in stimulating mental activities can help older adults improve their memory, little research had been done to determine whether the numerous computerized brain-fitness games and memory training programs on the market are effective in improving memory. This is one of the first studies to assess the cognitive effects of a computerized memory-training program.
大约40%老年人会出现年龄相关的记忆功能下降。前面的而研究表明心理活动刺激能够帮助老年人提高记忆能力。然后很少的研究去发现是否计算机健脑程序和市场上记忆锻炼程序对提高记忆力是否有效。这是第一个评估计算机健脑程序对于认知功能作用的研究。


Authors of the study were Karen Miller, Ph.D., an associate clinical professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, and Prabha Siddarth, Ph.D., a research statistician in psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the Semel Institute. Both are available for s.
文章的作者是UCLA人类行为和神经科学塞梅尔研究所的临床副教授Karen Miller博士以及塞梅尔研究所精神病和生物行为科学统计学家Prabha Siddarth博士，他们都可以？

Miller and Siddarth have served as consultants on the development of the software included in the program.
Miller and Siddarth是开发此类程序软件的顾问。


The study is published in the July issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry . A copy of the full study is also available.

研究发表在美国老年精神病杂志6月的期刊上，全文的副本可以获得。