Table 2.
Group by time interaction effects and within group effects for individual cognitive domains. First digit: number of significant findings, second digit: number of studies that assessed the respective domain, n.a. = no studies available, ↓ = lower performance at post-test.
| Interaction Effects | Within Group Effects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Controls | Passive Controls | Exergamers | Active Controls | Passive Controls | |
| Executive functions | 4/8 | 1/5 | 5/12 | 4/8 and 1/8 ↓ | 0/6 and 1/6 ↓ |
| Processing speed | 0/5 | 2/5 | 2/10 | 2/5 | 0/4 |
| Controlled processing | 0/1 | 2/3 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 |
| Visuospatial skills | 0/1 | 2/2 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 |
| Verbal fluency | 0/2 | n.a. | 0/2 | 0/2 | n.a. |
| Dual-tasking | n.a. | 2/2 | 0/2 | n.a. | 0/2 |
| Short-term memory | 0/3 | n.a. | 1/3 | 1/3 | n.a. |
| Long-term memory | 0/1 | n.a. | 1/1 | 1/1 | n.a. |
| Cognitive state -MoCA | 0/3 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 1/1↓ |
| Cognitive state - MMSE | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 0/1 |
| Overall | 4/9 (44%) | 4/6 (66%) | 8/15 (53%) | 5/9 (55%) | 0/6 (0%) and 2/6↓ (33%) |
Note: Some domains have been addressed by multiple measures and counted if at least one measure was significant (irrespectively of sample and effect sizes).