Abstract
Introduction: Lumosity's Memory Match (LMM) is an online game requiring visual working memory. Change in LMM scores may be associated with individual differences in age-related changes in working memory. Methods: Effects of age and time on LMM learning and forgetting rates were estimated using data from 1890 game sessions for users aged 40 to 79 years. Results: There were significant effects of age on baseline LMM scores (β=-.31, standard error or SE=.02, P<.0001) and lower learning rates (β=-.0066, SE=.0008, P<.0001). A sample size of 202 subjects/arm was estimated for a 1-year study for subjects in the lower quartile of game performance. Discussion: Online memory games have the potential to identify age-related decline in cognition and to identify subjects at risk for cognitive decline with smaller sample sizes and lower cost than traditional recruitment methods.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 260-267 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2015 |
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Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease
- Cognitive decline
- Internet game
- Internet registry
- Memory
- Online cognitive assessments
- Online games
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Clinical Neurology
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Evidence for age-associated cognitive decline from Internet game scores. / Geyer, Jason; Insel, Philip; Farzin, Faraz; Sternberg, Daniel; Hardy, Joseph L.; Scanlon, Michael; Mungas, Dan M; Kramer, Joel; Mackin, R. Scott; Weiner, Michael W.
In: Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2015, p. 260-267.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Evidence for age-associated cognitive decline from Internet game scores
AU - Geyer, Jason
AU - Insel, Philip
AU - Farzin, Faraz
AU - Sternberg, Daniel
AU - Hardy, Joseph L.
AU - Scanlon, Michael
AU - Mungas, Dan M
AU - Kramer, Joel
AU - Mackin, R. Scott
AU - Weiner, Michael W.
PY - 2015
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N2 - Introduction: Lumosity's Memory Match (LMM) is an online game requiring visual working memory. Change in LMM scores may be associated with individual differences in age-related changes in working memory. Methods: Effects of age and time on LMM learning and forgetting rates were estimated using data from 1890 game sessions for users aged 40 to 79 years. Results: There were significant effects of age on baseline LMM scores (β=-.31, standard error or SE=.02, P<.0001) and lower learning rates (β=-.0066, SE=.0008, P<.0001). A sample size of 202 subjects/arm was estimated for a 1-year study for subjects in the lower quartile of game performance. Discussion: Online memory games have the potential to identify age-related decline in cognition and to identify subjects at risk for cognitive decline with smaller sample sizes and lower cost than traditional recruitment methods.
AB - Introduction: Lumosity's Memory Match (LMM) is an online game requiring visual working memory. Change in LMM scores may be associated with individual differences in age-related changes in working memory. Methods: Effects of age and time on LMM learning and forgetting rates were estimated using data from 1890 game sessions for users aged 40 to 79 years. Results: There were significant effects of age on baseline LMM scores (β=-.31, standard error or SE=.02, P<.0001) and lower learning rates (β=-.0066, SE=.0008, P<.0001). A sample size of 202 subjects/arm was estimated for a 1-year study for subjects in the lower quartile of game performance. Discussion: Online memory games have the potential to identify age-related decline in cognition and to identify subjects at risk for cognitive decline with smaller sample sizes and lower cost than traditional recruitment methods.
KW - Alzheimer's disease
KW - Cognitive decline
KW - Internet game
KW - Internet registry
KW - Memory
KW - Online cognitive assessments
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