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ArticleMultiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical

Improved cognitive performance and event-related potential changes following working memory training in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Thomas J Covey, Janet L Shucard, Ralph Hb Benedict, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, David W Shucard

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Article in Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas J CoveyDivision of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA.
Janet L ShucardDivision of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA.
Ralph Hb BenedictDepartment of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA.
Bianca Weinstock-GuttmanDepartment of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA.
David W ShucardDivision of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFew studies of cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis (MS) have targeted working memory specifically.

objectiveWe examined the effects of

methodsPatients with MS (

resultsFollowing

conclusionsTargeted training of working memory with the

Indexed as

cognitive rehabilitationevent-related potentialsN2n-back trainingP3working memory

Identifiers

PMID29348927
PMCPMC5768274
OpenAlexW2783164700

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