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earning to preserve: foreign language training as a cognitive ‘vaccine’ to prevent old-age disorders?

Completed
Conditions
subjective cognitive decline, depression,
Registration Number
NL-OMON24412
Lead Sponsor
niversity Medical Center Groningen
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
113
Inclusion Criteria

1) between 65 years and 85 years of age;

2) a current experience of self-perceived persistent decline in cognitive capacity in comparison to his/her previously normal cognitive status which is unrelated to an acute event;

Exclusion Criteria

1) a diagnosis of MCI, prodromal AD or dementia according to DMS-V criteria;

2) having extensive experience playing a musical instrument for the last 20 years;

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in cognitive flexibility and its neural underpinnings as a result of the foreign language training
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
health outcomes (depressive symptomatology, emotion regulation, rumination, cognitive decline, quality of life)
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