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Cognitive Training in a Large Group of Patients Affected by Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease can have Long-Lasting Effects: A Case-Control Study
Introduction: Cognitive training in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has recently started to demonstrate its efficacy. We used our âpuzzle-likeâ task (GEO) as training for a large group of early-stage AD patients, to detect its effects over time.Method: AD patients (N = 40) and healthy controls (N = 40) were involved. Participants were administered the Geographical Exercises for cognitive Optimization (GEO) task. Participants underwent individual sessions with GEO three times a week for 2 months, and then their performance was recorded again. Lastly, at the 12-month follow-up the GEO task was administered for the last time.Results: Patientsâ scores were significantly worse than controlsâ scores only on a few neuropsychological tests. We ran a repeated measures GLM by considering groupsâ performance on the GEO task at the assessment points. Results showed a significant main effect of group, and a significant effect of the interaction between group and time: patientsâ performances both at the end of the training and at the follow-up were virtually identical to controlsâ performances.Conclusions: Patients effectively acquired new procedural abilities, and their achievements were stable at follow-up. This study suggests the GEO is a useful strategy for cognitive training in AD, and should prompt further investigations about the degree of generalisability of patientsâ acquired skills.</jats:p
Consumo di suolo, dinamiche territoriali e servizi ecosistemici
Il Rapporto âConsumo di suolo, dinamiche territoriali e servizi ecosistemiciâ è un prodotto del Sistema Nazionale per la Protezione dellâAmbiente (SNPA), che assicura le attivitĂ di monitoraggio del territorio e del consumo di suolo. Il Rapporto, insieme alla cartografia e alle banche dati di indicatori allegati, fornisce il quadro aggiornato dei processi di trasformazione della copertura del suolo e permette di valutare lâimpatto del consumo di suolo sul paesaggio e sui servizi ecosistemici