COGNITIVE TRAINING TO REDUCE INCIDENCE OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN OLDER ADULTS - PROJECT SUMMARY DEMENTIA IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE MEDICAL CONDITION IN THE US. THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO INTERVENE TO CURB THE INCREASING PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA IN OUR POPULATION. STRONG PRELIMINARY DATA FROM MORE THAN 18 RAN- DOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS DEMONSTRATE THAT COMPUTERIZED, COGNITIVE SPEED OF PROCESSING TRAINING (SPT) IM- PROVES COGNITION AND TRANSFERS TO IMPROVED INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING. RECENT EVIDENCE FURTHER INDICATES THAT SPT MAY REDUCE DEMENTIA RISK. ANALYSES OF 10-YEAR DATA FROM THE ACTIVE TRIAL REVEALED THAT OLDER ADULTS RANDOMIZED TO SPT WERE 29% LESS LIKELY TO DEVELOP DEMENTIA. MOREOVER, THOSE WHO COM- PLETED ADDITIONAL TRAINING HAD A 48% REDUCED RISK OF DEMENTIA ACROSS 10 YEARS. TWO LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY WERE A LACK OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA AND USE OF A NO-CONTACT CONTROL CONDITION. THUS, AN IM- PORTANT QUESTION IS, “CAN SPT BE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED TO REDUCE

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COGNITIVE TRAINING TO REDUCE INCIDENCE OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN OLDER ADULTS - PROJECT SUMMARY DEMENTIA IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE MEDICAL CONDITION IN THE US. THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO INTERVENE TO CURB THE INCREASING PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA IN OUR POPULATION. STRONG PRELIMINARY DATA FROM MORE THAN 18 RAN- DOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS DEMONSTRATE THAT COMPUTERIZED, COGNITIVE SPEED OF PROCESSING TRAINING (SPT) IM- PROVES COGNITION AND TRANSFERS TO IMPROVED INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING. RECENT EVIDENCE FURTHER INDICATES THAT SPT MAY REDUCE DEMENTIA RISK. ANALYSES OF 10-YEAR DATA FROM THE ACTIVE TRIAL REVEALED THAT OLDER ADULTS RANDOMIZED TO SPT WERE 29% LESS LIKELY TO DEVELOP DEMENTIA. MOREOVER, THOSE WHO COM- PLETED ADDITIONAL TRAINING HAD A 48% REDUCED RISK OF DEMENTIA ACROSS 10 YEARS. TWO LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDY WERE A LACK OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA AND USE OF A NO-CONTACT CONTROL CONDITION. THUS, AN IM- PORTANT QUESTION IS, “CAN SPT BE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED TO REDUCE