Combination Training.

Activities employed in the CT program. CT is structured in three sections: brain training, aerobic training and exposure to musical stimulation, each of these domains includes different daily activity. The overall level of difficulty of all activities was increased after the first three months. The program also included a fun-recreation project with group activities performed every fourteen days.Notes:1)Activities of the last three months were set to be more difficult.2)The fun-recreation project involved social activities which were conducted with alternating the rotation and sequence of the activities month by month. The activities were:▪Card playing in the first 3 months.▪Use of cognitive software in the last 3 months.▪Exposure to a structured group discussion on topics encompassing weekly relevant political and cultural events as well as critique of the books read during the cognitive training.▪Preparation of sets of cognitive activities for the group.3)While performing the cognitive training activities subjects were invited to listen to a selected list of musical pieces that included music from Vivaldi, Chopin, Debussy, Mozart, Wagner, Queen, Elvis Presley, and The Rolling Stones. This musical compilation belongs to a branded CD called “Supermind”.