'Shall We Dance'? Older Adults' Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Dance Intervention for Cognitive Function

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'Shall We Dance'? Older Adults' Perspectives on the Feasibility of a Dance Intervention for Cognitive Function

We explored perceptions of social dance as a possible intervention to improve cognitive functioning in older adults with subjective memory complaints. Thirty participants (19 female; M age = 72.6; SD=8.2) took part in the study. This included 21 participants who had self-reported subjective memory c...

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Main Authors:	Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie, Papathomas, A., Foster, Jonathan, Quested, Eleanor, Ntoumanis, Nikos
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Human Kinetics Inc 2017
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66270

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