Training-induced increases in midline frontal theta power correlate with preserved multitasking gains at 6 months and with sustained attention improvement¶

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q2 i3 Within the MTT group, change in midline frontal theta power was positively correlated with 6-month multitasking gain preservation (r = 0.76) and with TOVA response-time improvement (r = 0.56). → J. A. Anguera 2013

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J. A. Anguera 2013¶

J. A. Anguera, J. Boccanfuso, J. L. Rintoul, O. Al-Hashimi, F. Faraji, J. Janowich, E. Kong, Y. Larraburo, C. Rolle, E. Johnston & A. Gazzaley. (2013). Video game training enhances cognitive control in older adults. Nature 501. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12486

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Correlational analyses within the MTT group only, among participants showing increased theta power (14/15). Figure 4 reports r = 0.76, P = 0.004 for 6-month gain preservation (n = 12) and r = 0.56, P = 0.04 for TOVA improvement (n = 14); correlations are associational, not causal.

"c, Correlation in the MTT group between the change in midline frontal theta power and multitasking behavioural gain preservation 6 months later (n 5 12). d, Correlation in the MTT group between the change in midline frontal (mf) theta power and behavioural improvement on the TOVA (n 5 14)"

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• Older adults show reduced midline frontal theta power and frontal–posterior coherence relative to younger adults regardless of single- or multitasking condition
• Multitasking training increased midline frontal theta power and frontal–posterior theta coherence in older adults only in the multitasking condition and only for the MTT group
• Multitasking training on adaptive NeuroRacer reduced older adults' multitasking costs beyond active and no-contact controls, exceeding untrained 20-year-olds, with gains persisting 6 months — related
• Multitasking training transferred to untrained working memory and sustained attention tasks in older adults, unlike control training — related