Memory training was considered a centerpiece of classical education in the language arts, on par with grammar, logic and rhetoric.
In addition to the behavioral modification, formal working memory training was conducted by utilizing a commercially available program in a subgroup of patients.
Now, as baby boomers age into "senior moments" and the new brain fitness market emerges as a result, research interest in proving the utility of memory training is likewise on the move.
In fact, c-fos is induced in dentate gyrus neurons that, following spatial memory training, are recruited into spatial memory circuits [34], [70].
One important aspect of working memory training is the adaptation of the difficulty level to the subject's performance.
Very few potential interventions after RT have been investigated, but memory training was shown to improve the attention and memory performance of children treated for medulloblastoma.
If intensive working memory training is effective, a more efficient use of working memory would transfer into daily life, for example resulting in higher grades at school.
22– 24 However, the clinical impact of generalized cognitive stimulation and specific memory training are not conclusively proven, 22– 24 making the use of this approach not widely applied.
The focus of the memory training was on verbal episodic memory, especially using mnemonic strategies for remembering lists, sequences of items, text material, and main ideas and story details.
