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. 2014 Dec 4;4:7309. doi: 10.1038/srep07309

Table 1. Multimodal program for the intervention group.

  Cognitive training Tai Chi Exercise Group counseling
Frequency 3 sessions per week 3 sessions per week 1 session per week
Duration 60 min per session 60 min per session 90 min per session
No. of sessions 18 18 6
Training contents Mnemonic training: generation of mental images, associating items (interactive imagery and sentence generation), and loci method. The Yang Style 24-form Tai Chi Aimed to promote subjective well-being through reminiscence on three topics: career, family, and heath. Emphasized the process of reviewing and interpreting positive experiences, and finding a sense of self, and the meaning of life.
  Executive function training: three tablet games designed to train three components of executive function (inhibition, switching, and updating) developed for this study.    
Instructor Trained instructors with a detailed training manual An experienced Tai Chi instructor and two teaching assistants A licensed counseling psychologist