Academic outcomes 2 years after working memory training for children with lowworking memory: A randomized clinical trial

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Roberts, Gehan ^a   Quach, Jon ^a   Spencer Smith, Megan ^b   Anderson, Peter J ^a   Gathercole, Susan ^c   Gold, Lisa ^d   Sia, Kah Ling ^d   Mensah, Fiona ^a   Rickards, Field ^e   Ainley, John ^f   Wake, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f Australian Council for Education Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84965137215     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4568     Document Type: Article

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