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Ingmar Skoog in TV-show where elderly meet four year-olds

2020-09-29

Professor Ingmar Skoog, from the University of Gothenburg and the NEAR Steering board, serves as one of two experts in a TV-show where elderly at a nursing home meet with four year-olds. It was recorded before the Covid-19 pandemic, and the participating elderly were tested before and after the six-week experiment. They showed remarkable improvements in several of the measured skills, that even surprised Ingmar Skoog and his expert colleague.

Read more at “Akademiliv” from the University of Gothenburg (in Swedish).

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