Goal-oriented cognitive rehabilitation for an individual with Mild Cognitive Impairment: behavioural and neuroimaging outcomes.
An individual, goal-oriented cognitive rehabilitation intervention was conducted with AB, a 77-year-old woman with MCI. Outcomes were evaluated using a client-centred measure of goal achievement and an experimental associative learning task testing a skill practised in the intervention. Pre- and post-intervention fMRI scans were compared to examine changes in brain activation. Following intervention, AB showed improved performance on rehabilitation goals and on the associative learning task. There were significant decreases in brain activation in sensory areas and significant increases in memory-related areas. Both client-centred measures and fMRI may assist in detecting clinically-meaningful changes resulting from cognitive rehabilitation interventions.
Clare
Linda
L
School of Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2AS, UK. l.clare@bangor.ac.uk
van Paasschen
Jorien
J
Evans
Suzannah J
SJ
Parkinson
Caroline
C
Woods
Robert T
RT
Linden
David E J
DE
D000368:Aged; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013663:Teaching; D016896:Treatment Outcome