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1、Effectsofmemorytrainingonthesubjectivememoryfunctioningandmentalhealthofolderadults:ameta-analysisFloydM,ScoginFAuthors'objectivesToexaminetheeffectivenessofmemorytrainingonthesubjectivememoryfunctioningandmentalhealthofolderadults.SearchingPsycLITandDissertatio
2、nAbstractsInternationalweresearchedfromthemid-1970stoSeptember1994usingthekeywords'mnemonictraining','cognitivetraining','memorytraining','memoryenhancement','memoryremediation'and'mnemonics',combinedwith'aging','elderly','elders'and'olderadults'.Thereferencelis
3、tsoftheretrievedstudiesandcitationsfromthestudyofVerhaeghenetal.(seeOtherPublicationsofRelatedInterestno.1)werereviewed.ThejournalsPsychologyandAging,ExperimentalAgingResearch,EducationalGerontologyandtheJournalofGerontologywerealsohandsearchedfromthemid-1970sto
4、September1994.StudyselectionStudydesignsofevaluationsincludedinthereviewControlledstudiesusingnon-dementedparticipantswithameanageofatleast60years,whichtargetedtheimprovementofmemoryfunctionthroughinstructioninarelevanttechniqueandprovidedsufficientstatisticalda
5、taforeffectsizecalculations,wereeligible.SpecificinterventionsincludedinthereviewMemorytrainingstrategies(mnemonics),suchasthemethodofloci,comparedwithcombinedmnemonictrainingandexpectancymodification,placebo(unstructuredpracticebeingthemostcommonplacebotechniqu
6、e),expectancymodificationorno-treatmentcontrol.Thespecificmemorytrainingstrategiesusedwerenotreported.ParticipantsincludedinthereviewTheparticipantswerenon-dementedwithameanageof70.6years(mostwereagedover60).OutcomesassessedinthereviewSubjectivemeasuresofmemoryf
7、unctioning,inthefollowingcategories:overallmeasures;memorymeasures;mentalhealthmeasures;depressionmeasures;andothermeasures.Theoverallmeasurescategorywasthearithmeticaverageoftheeffectsizesfortheotherfourcategoriesofmeasures.Howweredecisionsontherelevanceofprima
8、rystudiesmade?Theauthorsdonotstatehowthepaperswereselectedforthereview,orhowmanyoftheauthorsperformedtheselection.AssessmentofstudyqualityTheSuydamscale(seeOtherPubli