About the Authors
- Catherine Borness
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* E-mail: z8701822@student.unsw.edu.au
Affiliations School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Regenerative Neuroscience Group, Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Judith Proudfoot
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Affiliations School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- John Crawford
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Affiliation School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Michael Valenzuela
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Affiliations School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Regenerative Neuroscience Group, Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Competing Interests
While this study was sponsored by The Brain Department Pty Ltd (Sydney, Australia) through their provision of the intervention, Catherine Borness, the primary researcher, was independently supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award scholarship. The Brain Department Pty Ltd had no role in experimental design, data analysis, interpretation, writing or approval of this paper. Michael Valenzuela has also received honoraria from The Brain Department Pty Ltd for running educational seminars for business leaders about cognitive training and the ageing workforce. This arrangement however does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Provided additional guidance on the study design, analysis and content of the paper: JP. Conceived and designed the experiments: MV. Performed the experiments: CB. Analyzed the data: CB JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC. Wrote the paper: CB MV.