Effects of a computerized working memory training program on working memory, attention, and academics in adolescents with severe LD and comorbid ADHD: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1277-1284

  Gray, S A ^a,b   Chaban, P ^a   Martinussen, R ^b   Goldberg, R ^c   Gotlieb, H ^c   Kronitz, R ^c   Hockenberry, M ^a   Tannock, R ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Jewish Vocational Services (JVS)   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; computerized cognitive training; Learning Disabilities; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84870239270     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02592.x     Document Type: Article

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