Executive function training with game elements for obese children: A novel treatment to enhance self-regulatory abilities for weight-control

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 290-299

  Verbeken, Sandra ^a   Braet, Caroline ^a   Goossens, Lien ^a   van der Oord, Saskia ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood; Cognitive training; Executive functioning; Inhibition; Obesity; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MORBID OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84875552962     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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