Proof-of-concept study of an at-home, engaging, digital intervention for pediatric ADHD

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Davis, Naomi O ^a   Bower, Jeffrey ^b   Kollins, Scott H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Akili Interactive Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METACOGNITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIDEO GAME; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85040378774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189749     Document Type: Article

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