Long-term far-transfer effects of working memory training in children with ADHD: a randomized controlled trial

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 853-867

  Bigorra, Aitana ^a,b,c   Garolera, Maite ^c,d   Guijarro, Silvina ^b   Hervás, Amaia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c Brain   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Cogmed; Computerized cognitive training; Far transfer effect; Randomized controlled trial; Working memory

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTERIZED WORKING MEMORY TRAINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION RATING SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACOGNITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMPLICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SPAIN; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84949964467     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-015-0804-3     Document Type: Article

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