Brain stimulation with cognitive training fails to lower MS fatigue

[Prot]

A noninvasive brain stimulation technique called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) doesn’t seem to ease fatigue in adults with Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register... (MS) when given at home with computer-based cognitive training, according to one of the largest studies of its kind.




While the home-based intervention was deemed feasible, combining daily tDCS with cognitive training for six weeks led to similar reductions in fatigue as cognitive training alone.

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[Virginia]

Thanks Term

[agate]

Interesting. Apparently both methods that were tried did improve fatigue. I don't know of anyone who has tried computer-based cognitive training but when I looked it up, it seems to involve brain exercises--Lumosity was mentioned.

Was there a discussion of Lumosity here quite a while ago? Some had tried it and didn't find it particularly useful? Am I misremembering?

[Prot]

I've tried Cognifit more than Lumosity , but haven't tried either of them for several years. Cognifit confirmed what I already was aware of re my moderately severe executive functioning deficits. The primary ones being organising and planning. It's recently been suggested, by several people with ADHD, that I may have the inattentive subtype. If I was 20 or so years younger I'd be pressing for an assessment, but at 68 I can't see the point . I've had the EF deficits since childhood, but have slipped under the diagnostic radar re recognition,help, and support.
EF difficulties can affect both very intelligent and not very intelligent people.

Research articles from this year mentioning MS and executive dysfunction. Only registered and activated users can see links., Click Here To Register...

[agate]

I hadn't heard of Cognifit. As I recall, Lumosity could be used for free but it was many years ago when I looked into it. Cognifit seems to charge?

[Prot]

Re Cognifit.

What do users say about the free features?



Users have mixed opinions about CogniFit's free features. Some appreciate the initial evaluation and the opportunity to try out a few games, finding them engaging and helpful for improving focus and concentration2. However, others feel that the free features are limited and that the app pushes users toward a subscription for full access. There are also occasional complaints about technical issues, like sound problems in games1

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These were my weaknesses.

Non verbal memory
Planning
Visual short term memory
Spatial perception
Hand- eye coordination

I eventually gave up on it due to quite large swings upwards and downwards ; that didn't make sense give the performances on the tests
that had just been done. The vast majority of current thinking is that skill gains on such tests aren't transferable from one cognitive area to another.

You can underperform intelligence wise, but we all have a maximum 'score' re our cognitive ability . A person with the ability to score a maximum of 120 will only achieve that
score occasionally. That person won't however boost their score beyond that 120. Sadly we all experience a degree of cognitive decline as we age. Far more so when it comes to non-verbal ability. That 'natural decline' is very different to developing dementia.On the plus side wisdom can improve with age.