Borella E, et al. - Researchers investigated the benefits provided by working memory (WM) training in the short and long term (9 months after the training), in capabilities required in everyday life, and in cognitive measures in adults aged ≥ 75 years. They randomly allocated 32 community-dwelling older adults aged 75–85 years to training or an active control group. Specific gains in the WM task comparable to the one used in the training (criterion task), and in the Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living scale in the short term were observed only in the trained group. The gains in the criterion task were maintained in the trained group at follow-up and were transferred to everyday problem-solving (in the Everyday Problem Test), and in constructing spatial representations of an environment. Further, they noted an improvement in a cognitive inhibition measure (intrusion errors) at follow-up in the trained group, which was not seen the active control group. In maintaining at least some abilities related to everyday functioning, the possible validity of WM training in assisting old-old adults was supported in these findings.