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Training versus engagement as paths to cognitive enrichment with aging.

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Stine-Morrow, Elizabeth A. L., Payne, Brennan R., Roberts, Brent W., Kramer, Arthur F., Morrow, Daniel G., Payne, Laura, Hill, Patrick L., Jackson, Joshua J. +4 more·2014·Psychology and Aging

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While a training model of cognitive intervention targets the improvement of particular skills through instruction and practice, an engagement model is based on the idea that being embedded in an intellectually and socially complex environment can impact cognition, perhaps even broadly, without explicit instruction. We contrasted these 2 models of cognitive enrichment by randomly assigning healthy older adults to a home-based inductive reasoning training program, a team-based competitive program in creative problem solving, or a wait-list control. As predicted, those in the training condition showed selective improvement in inductive reasoning. Those in the engagement condition, on the other hand, showed selective improvement in divergent thinking, a key ability exercised in creative problem solving. On average, then, both groups appeared to show ability-specific effects. However, moderators of change differed somewhat for those in the engagement and training interventions. Generally, those who started either intervention with a more positive cognitive profile showed more cognitive growth, suggesting that cognitive resources enabled individuals to take advantage of environmental enrichment. Only in the engagement condition did initial levels of openness and social network size moderate intervention effects on cognition, suggesting that comfort with novelty and an ability to manage social resources may be additional factors contributing to the capacity to take advantage of the environmental complexity associated with engagement. Collectively, these findings suggest that training and engagement models may offer alternative routes to cognitive resilience in late life.

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  • Seeking engagement in intellectually challenging and enriched lifestyles could lead to long-term cognitive resilience and socioemotional well-being in late lifespan.

    “This attempt to seek engagement in the intellectually challenging and enriched lifestyle could also lead to long-term cognitive resilience and socioemotional well-being during our late lifespan (e.g., [2,16,64,86,92,97,103]).”

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    The Abstract (page unavailable) suggests that engagement may offer a route to cognitive resilience in late life. The Conclusion (page unavailable) reports only ability-specific gains, not broad cognitive change, and the paper does not establish long-term effects or socioemotional well-being. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Stine-Morrow, E. A. L., Payne, B. R., Roberts, B. W., Kramer, A. F., Morrow, D. G., Payne, L., Hill, P. L., Jackson, J. J., Gao, X., Noh, S. R., Janke, M. C., & Parisi, J. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
  • Carleton University (CA)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Max Planck Society (DE)
  • Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
  • East Carolina University (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
Venue
Psychology and Aging
Published
2014-12
Volume
29
Issue
4
Pages
891-906
ISSN
  • 0882-7974 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1498
OpenAlex
W2094522386
Cited by
109
References
118
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 1
FWCI
18.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychology and Aging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
  • QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (R01 AG029475)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords
cognitive enrichment, cognitive aging, older adults, cognitive training, environmental enrichment, inductive reasoning, divergent thinking, creative problem solving, team-based intervention, cognitive resilience, openness to experience, social network size, home-based intervention
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Cognition, Competitive Behavior, Environment, Female, Group Processes, Humans, Human Activities, Logic, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Patient Compliance, Patient Dropouts, Problem Solving, Social Support, Biomedical Enhancement

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