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  • Gerontology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Lifespan Psychology

Background:

  • Healthy aging necessitates acquiring new functional skills for environmental adaptation.
  • Current cognitive interventions for older adults often target broad abilities with limited functional transfer.
  • There's a need for interventions addressing real-world issues like reskilling and the digital divide in older populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a shift in focus for cognitive interventions in older adults, emphasizing direct functional skill acquisition.
  • To explore how optimizing learning circumstances can mitigate perceived age-related cognitive and functional decline.
  • To highlight principles for designing effective, long-lasting, real-world interventions for older adults.

Main Methods:

  • This is an opinion paper, presenting a conceptual framework and argument.
  • It synthesizes existing knowledge on cognitive aging and functional skill learning.
  • It outlines key considerations for intervention design based on real-world applicability.

Main Results:

  • Interventions directly targeting functional skills may yield better real-world outcomes than those focusing solely on broad cognitive abilities.
  • Optimizing learning environments could reveal that some age-related declines are due to suboptimal learning, not just senescence.
  • This approach can lead to more inclusive theories of cognitive aging.

Conclusions:

  • Focusing on functional skill acquisition offers a promising avenue for enhancing healthy aging in older adults.
  • Effective interventions should be designed for long-lasting, real-world impact, potentially improving cognitive function as a secondary effect.
  • This paradigm shift can advance the development of more useful and equitable cognitive interventions for aging populations.