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References from Rethinking the Prevention of Cognitive Decline in Healthy Older Adults: The Motor-Cognitive Active Gamified Immersive Cultural (MAGIC) Exergames. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
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Components of effective exergame-based training to improve cognitive functioning in middle-aged to older adults - a systematic review and meta-analysis
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A systematic review on the cognitive benefits and neurophysiological correlates of exergaming in healthy older adults
10.3390/jcm8050734 · External reference
Still no evidence that exergames improve cognitive ability: a commentary on Stanmore et al. (2017)
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.11.015 · External reference
Serious video games and virtual reality for prevention and neurorehabilitation of cognitive decline because of aging and neurodegeneration
10.1097/wco.0000000000000791 · External reference
Can exergames be improved to better enhance behavioral adaptability in older adults? An ecological dynamics perspective
10.3389/fnagi.2021.670166 · External reference
Effects of exergames on brain and cognition in older adults: a review based on a new categorization of combined training intervention
10.3389/fnagi.2022.859715 · External reference
Rethinking physical activity for active cognitive aging through exergames: an innovative approach
10.1684/pnv.2025.1230 · External reference
10.1038/s41514-023-00103-7 · Admitted local publication
Neurobiological effects of exergame interventions in older adults with or without a neurocognitive disorder: a systematic review
10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2025.06.009 · External reference
Exergames: neuroplastic hypothesis about cognitive improvement and biological effects on physical function of institutionalized older persons
10.4103/1673-5374.177709 · External reference
The overlooked role of exergames in cognitive-motor neurorehabilitation: a systematic review
10.1038/s41746-025-01843-4 · External reference
The effects of a new immersive multidomain training on cognitive, dual-task and physical functions in older adults
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Effects of exergames on mood and cognition in healthy older adults: a randomized pilot study
10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1018601 · External reference
Enhancing cognition in older adults with interactive wall exergames
10.1038/s41598-025-21060-z · External reference
Exergaming in older adults: the effects of game characteristics on brain activity and physical activity
10.3389/fnagi.2023.1143859 · External reference
Do “brain-training” programs work?
10.1177/1529100616661983 · External reference
Cognitive training: a field in search of a phenomenon
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Creative experiences and brain clocks
10.1038/s41467-025-64173-9 · External reference
Cultural engagement predicts changes in cognitive function in older adults over a 10 year period: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
10.1038/s41598-018-28591-8 · External reference
Beyond “just” fun: the role of exergames in advancing health promotion and disease prevention
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106260 · External reference
Co-Develop-IT! Unifying methodological guideline for the co-design, development, and evaluation of individually tailored technology-enhanced training and rehabilitation concepts: consensus development study and tutorial
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Making the best out of IT: design and development of exergames for older adults with mild neurocognitive disorder–a methodological paper
10.3389/fnagi.2021.734012 · External reference
Why and how physical activity promotes experience-induced brain plasticity
10.3389/fnins.2010.00189 · External reference
Cognitive function, physical activity, and aging: possible biological links and implications for multimodal interventions
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The ecological dynamics of cognizant action in sport
10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102935 · External reference
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10.4324/9781003529453-34 · External reference
Health benefits of “Thursdays at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts”: results of a randomized clinical trial
10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.07.013 · External reference
Improving the mental and physical health of older community-dwellers with a museum participatory art-based activity: results of a multicentre randomized controlled trial
10.1007/s40520-022-02139-3 · External reference
Thinking while moving or moving while thinking–concepts of motor-cognitive training for cognitive performance enhancement
10.3389/fnagi.2018.00228 · External reference
The default network and self-generated thought: component processes, dynamic control, and clinical relevance
10.1111/nyas.12360 · External reference
The default mode network in cognition: a topographical perspective
10.1038/s41583-021-00474-4 · External reference
Longitudinal associations between short-term, repeated, and sustained arts engagement and well-being outcomes in older adults
10.1093/geronb/gbz085 · External reference
Does leisure activity matter for epigenetic aging? Analyses of arts engagement and physical activity in the UK Household Longitudinal Study
10.1093/geroni/igag038 · External reference
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10.1521/978.14625/28806 · External reference
The theory of effort minimization in physical activity
10.1249/jes.0000000000000252 · External reference
Psychophysiological foundations of human physical activity behavior and motivation: theories, systems, mechanisms, evolution, and genetics
10.1152/physrev.00021.2024 · External reference
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Beyond FITT: addressing density in understanding the dose-response relationships of physical activity with health-an example based on brain health
10.1007/s00421-025-05858-3 · External reference
Exercise snacks and cognitive health in older adults: mechanisms, implementation, and public health relevance
10.3389/fpubh.2026.1850516 · External reference