Improvement in Memory with Plasticity‐Based Adaptive Cognitive Training: Results of the 3‐Month Follow‐Up

OBJECTIVES: To investigate maintenance of training effects of a novel brain plasticity–based computerized cognitive training program in older adults after a 3‐month no‐contact period.

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