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Karlene Ball
Researcher at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Publications - 157
Citations - 19469
Karlene Ball is an academic researcher from University of Alabama at Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Cognition. The author has an hindex of 64, co-authored 151 publications receiving 18245 citations. Previous affiliations of Karlene Ball include University of South Florida & Western Kentucky University.
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Effects of Cognitive training interventions with older adults. A randomized controlled trial
Karlene Ball,Daniel B. Berch,Karin F. Helmers,Jared B. Jobe,Mary D. Leveck,Michael Marsiske,John N. Morris,George W. Rebok,David M. Smith,Sharon L. Tennstedt,Frederick W. Unverzagt,Sherry L. Willis +11 more
TL;DR: Results support the effectiveness and durability of the cognitive training interventions in improving targeted cognitive abilities and were of a magnitude equivalent to the amount of decline expected in elderly persons without dementia over 7- to 14-year intervals.
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Long-term effects of cognitive training on everyday functional outcomes in older adults
Sherry L. Willis,Sharon L. Tennstedt,Michael Marsiske,Karlene Ball,Jeffrey W. Elias,Kathy Mann Koepke,John N. Morris,George W. Rebok,Frederick W. Unverzagt,Anne M. Stoddard,Elizabeth C. Wright +10 more
TL;DR: Cognitive training resulted in improved cognitive abilities specific to the abilities trained that continued 5 years after the initiation of the intervention, and booster training for the speed of processing group showed a significant effect on the performance-based functional measure of everyday speed ofprocessing.
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Age and visual search: expanding the useful field of view.
TL;DR: A model incorporating the effects of distractors and secondary task demands was developed to aid in predicting visual search performance and found a reduction in the size of the field as a function of age.
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Visual attention problems as a predictor of vehicle crashes in older drivers.
TL;DR: The identification of a visual attention measure highly predictive of crash problems in the elderly is pointed to a way in which the suitability of licensure in the older adult population could be based on objective, performance-based criteria.
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Ten-year effects of the advanced cognitive training for independent and vital elderly cognitive training trial on cognition and everyday functioning in older adults.
George W. Rebok,Karlene Ball,Lin T. Guey,Richard N. Jones,Hae-Young Kim,Jonathan W. King,Michael Marsiske,John N. Morris,Sharon L. Tennstedt,Frederick W. Unverzagt,Sherry L. Willis +10 more
TL;DR: To determine the effects of cognitive training on cognitive abilities and everyday function over 10 years, a large number of subjects were randomly assigned to receive cognitive training or placebo.