Trial reportEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2016
Long-term far-transfer effects of working memory training in children with ADHD: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.
- Far Transfer Effects of Trainings on Executive Functions in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review and Metanalysis.Neuropsychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Effects and Moderators of Computer-Based Training on Children's Executive Functions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Cognitive Training for School-Aged Children and Adolescents With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Pooled it
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- Near and Far Transfer Effects of Computerized Progressive Attention Training (CPAT) Versus Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Practice Among Adults With ADHD.Journal of attention disorders · 2023Trial
- ExploringJournal of attention disorders · 2020Trial
- Working memory training and high magnitude incentives for youth cannabis use: A SMART pilot trial.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Trial
- Working Memory Training in Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019Trial
- A Web-Delivered Multicomponent Intervention for Adolescents with Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2018Trial
- Non-pharmacological executive function interventions for children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- Computer-assisted cognitive training in children with developmental disorders: a scoping review of available tools, clinical targets, and evidence gaps.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- A systematic review and content analysis of serious video games for children with ADHD.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Inhibitory Control Training for Anxiety and Math Achievement in Primary School Children: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Technology-Based Interventions for School-Age Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.JMIR mental health · 2023Review
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- Prefrontal cortical plasticity during learning of cognitive tasks.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Using Mixed Methods to Identify the Primary Mental Health Problems and Needs of Children, Adolescents, and Their Caregivers during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.Child psychiatry and human development · 2021Article
- Change by challenge: A common genetic basis behind childhood cognitive development and cognitive training.NPJ science of learning · 2021Article
- A Review of Working Memory Training in the Management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021Review
- Which Factor Is More Relevant to the Effectiveness of the Cognitive Intervention? A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Cognitive Training on Symptoms and Executive Function Behaviors of Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
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Abstract
ADHD affects working memory (WM) and other executive functions (EFs) and thereby negatively impacts school performance, clinical symptoms and functional impairment. The main aim of this study was to analyse the efficacy of computerized WM training (CWMT) on EF rating scales. A secondary objective was to assess its efficacy on performance-based measures of EF (PBMEF), learning, clinical symptoms and functional impairment. 66 children with combined-type ADHD between 7 and 12 years of age from the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit (Spain) were included in this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial. The participants were randomized (1:1) to an experimental group (EG) (CWMT) (n = 36) or a control group (CG) (placebo training). Assessments were conducted at baseline (T0), 1-2 weeks (T1), and 6 months post-intervention (T2) with the administration of EF rating scales, PBMEF, measures of academic achievement, and questionnaires regarding clinical symptoms and functional impairment. Participants, parents, teachers and professionals who performed the cognitive assessments were blinded. Adjusted multiple linear regression analysis showed significant improvements in EF scales-parent version, from T1 to T2, on the metacognition index [p = 0.03, d' = -0.78 (95 % CI -1.28 to -0.27)] and on WM (also significant at T2-T0) and plan/organize subscales. Significant improvements were also noted in EF scales-teacher version, from T0 to T1 and T2, on the metacognitive index [p = 0.05, d' = -0.37 (95 % CI -0.86 to 0.12) T1-T0, p = 0.02, d' = -0.81 (95 % CI -1.31 to -0.30) T2-T0] and on the initiate, WM, monitor and shift subscales. There were also significant improvements in PBMEF, ADHD symptoms, and functional impairment. CWMT had a significant impact on ADHD deficits by achieving long-term far-transfer effects.
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