Cognitive TrainingEffects of Individualized Cognitive Training on Cognition in Heart Failure

Usual care and cognitive training for 6 weeks, followed by usual care (only) for 6 weeks.

Usual care (only) for 6 weeks, followed by cognitive training and usual care for 6 weeks.

A cognitive training program will be individually developed for each participant based on baseline neuropsychological tests. It will include: Computerized cognitive training: this training include: the Dual-Task, the Stroop and the N-Back task. The tasks are accompanied by feedback based on the participant's responses (e.g., progress graph, feedback, etc.). In order to promote participants' learning, the level of difficulty of the tasks increased as training sessions progressed. Two sets of stimuli will be used to maximize the generalization of learning. Memory training: This training is adapted from the MEMO+ training program (Belleville et al., 2018). These sessions, also home-based, will be done through online video and are covering a variety of topics: memory (normal aging, mnemonic strategies), attention, aging, etc. Each week, participants will be asked to complete the equivalent of 6 training sessions of 15 minutes each, for a total of 1h30 per week.

Participants will be asked to continue the care and follow-up as usually planned with the attending cardiologist. Apart from weekly follow-ups with the research team member, no changes will be made to the participant's medical care.