Joubert C, et al. - For this analysis, a systematic electronic search was conducted in PubMed and Google Scholar to assess the influence of cognitive and physical training to the improvement of cognition, as well as the interest of merging these two training types in one intervention in terms of the benefits for cognition (direct and transfer), long-term maintenance, and transfer to daily living. Researchers found that both cognitive and physical training had an impact on cognition and on the brain. They discovered that each type of training appears to preferentially enhance different cognitive functions and specifically impact both brain structure and function. No definitive conclusion can be drawn, even though some results argue in favor of a complementary relationship between cognitive and physical training and the superiority of combined cognitive and physical training.