Can Cognitive Training Improve Perioperative Brain Health?

Phillip E Vlisides^{1

2}, Hannah A D Keage³, Amit Lampit^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology.
² Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Cognitive Ageing and Impairment Neurosciences Laboratory, School of Psychology, Social Work, and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Editorial

Phillip E Vlisides et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;130(3):583-585.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004543.

Phillip E Vlisides^{1

2}, Hannah A D Keage³, Amit Lampit^{4

5}

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology.
² Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Cognitive Ageing and Impairment Neurosciences Laboratory, School of Psychology, Social Work, and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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Prevention of Early Postoperative Decline: A Randomized, Controlled Feasibility Trial of Perioperative Cognitive Training.
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