title: The influence of cognitive training on older adults' recall for short stories.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article investigated how a multicomponent memory intervention affected memory for prose. We compared verbatim and paraphrased recall for short stories immediately and 1, 2, 3, and 5 years post-intervention in the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 1,912 ACTIVE participants aged 65 to 91. Participants were randomized into one of three training arms (Memory, Reasoning, Speed of Processing) or a no-contact Control group; about half of the trained participants received additional booster training 1 and 3 years post-intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Memory-trained participants showed higher verbatim recall than non-memory-trained participants. Booster-memory training led to higher verbatim recall. Memory training effects were evident immediately following training and not after 1 year following training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that multifactorial memory training can improve verbatim recall for prose, but the effect does not last without continued intervention.
authors.affiliation: North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Shannon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sisco
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marsiske
authors.forename: Alden L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: George W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Rebok
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: aged; intervention studies; longitudinal studies; memory; prose recall; short-term