title: [Increasing mental performance by multistep oxygen therapy. Computer-assisted measurements of information processing capacity, intelligence, short-term memory and further parameters of cerebral performance].
abstract: Several basic characteristics of mental capacity were measured on 59 patients by means of computer-based-methods before and after oxygen multistep therapy (O2-MT) and compared with the results obtained from 14 volunteers serving as controls. Before and without O2-MT, an appreciable, age-dependent decline of the short-term memory capacity (general fluid intelligence) was found. O2-MT, completed by brain jogging, effected a significant increase in the presence duration by 0.4-0.7 secs, in the information flow by 1.4-1.9 bit/sec, resulting in an increase in the short-term memory capacity by 19-23% (in two experimental groups). The short-term memory itself was, however, not improved as compared to the controls. Moreover, the times needed for the accomplishment of perception, interference and reaction tests became significantly shorter by 12-18%. By using the screening test for cerebral insufficiency (CI), which is based on these parameters, the suspicion of CI could be excluded in 18 of 59 patients.
authors.affiliation: Forschungsinstitut Manfred von Ardenne, Dresden-Weisser Hirsch.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: von Ardenne
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klemm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D003210:Concept Formation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology*; D008838:Microcomputers; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Steigerung der geistigen Leistungsfähigkeit durch Sauerstoff-Mehrschritt-Therapie. Computergestützte Messungen der Informationsverarbeitungs-Kapazität, der Intelligenz, des Kurzzeitgedächtnisses und weiterer Grössen zerebraler Leistungsfähigkeit.