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Table 1 Summary of cognitive function measures

From: Beneficial effects of reading aloud and solving simple arithmetic calculations (learning therapy) on a wide range of cognitive functions in the healthy elderly: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Cognitive function

Task

Executive functions

Stroop test

 

Verbal fluency task

Episodic memory

Logical memory

 

First and second names

Short-term memory

Digit span forward

Working memory

Digit span backward

Reading ability

Japanese reading test

Attention

Digit cancellation task

Processing speed

Digit symbol coding

 

Symbol search