title: Developing context and background underlying cognitive intervention/training studies in older populations.
abstract: Underlying the attempt to change behavior or improve performance by virtue of intervention or training is the notion that change is possible and that plasticity, life-course malleability, and compensation are well-recognized concepts of life-span development. The cognition and aging literature reveals that there are a growing number of context and background variables against which the effectiveness of intervention/training can be judged beyond the intrinsic motivations for change. In this introductory article to a special issue on cognitive intervention and training, we briefly discuss several of these background variables.
authors.affiliation: National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. elias@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Elias
authors.forename: Molly V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Wagster
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D035841:Behavioral Research / Q000379:methods*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012107:Research Design