Intervention participants' overall cognitive status (MMSE) increased over the study period, with the effect appearing after the workshop ended¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i2 MMSE scores rose significantly in the intervention group (d = .587), an increase the authors link to exposure to the workshop's learning environment. → Kelly Quinn 2018

Evidence¶

Kelly Quinn 2018¶

Kelly Quinn. (2018). Cognitive Effects of Social Media Use: A Case of Older Adults. Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118787203

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Within-group dependent t-test on MMSE scores for the 17 intervention participants in the wait-list controlled study. The article reports "d = .587" and interprets the increase as consistent with gains in executive-function measures and possibly reflecting "the effects of exposure to the learning environment of the workshop."

"MMSE increased over the study period (t16 = 2.42, p = .028, d = .587), with the effect appearing after the intervention period had ended."

Discussion¶

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