Preventing academic difficulties in preterm children: A randomised controlled trial of an adaptive working memory training intervention - IMPRINT study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pascoe, Leona ^a   Roberts, Gehan ^a,b   Doyle, Lex W ^a,b,c   Lee, Katherine J ^a,b   Thompson, Deanne K ^a,b   Seal, Marc L ^a,b   Josev, Elisha K ^a,f   Nosarti, Chiara ^d   Gathercole, Susan ^e   Anderson, Peter J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic outcomes; Cogmed; Cognitive training; Extremely low birth weight; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuroplasticity; Preterm; Randomised controlled trial; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84883823405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-144     Document Type: Article

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