Capacités de réserve et entraînement cognitif dans le vieillissement : similarité des effets protecteurs sur la cognition et le cerveau = Reserve capacity and cognitive training in aging : the similarity of the protective effects on cognition and brain
The reserve concept was proposed to account for difference observed in some individuals between the degree of their brain damage and its expression at the cognitive level. Reserve was found to be modulated by environmental factors such as the level of education and practice of cognitively stimulating activities during life. An important issue is to understand the neurobiological mechanisms underlying reserve capacities in order to promote interventions that would strengthen these capacities. Results from studies on the neurobiological mechanisms involved in different types of cognitive training and those of reserve lead us to hypothesize that reserve can be built later in life using targeted intervention procedure. We will discuss the advantage of having a high level of reserve and the opportunity to build one at a later time, during the phase of aging.
Reserve Cognitive training Cognitive aging Alzheimer's disease