Trial reportFrontiers in public health2025
Executive attention training effects in children aged 4 and 6 years: improvement in the trained task greater for 6-year-olds, but far transfer greater for 4-year-olds.
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- The effects of physical activity on executive function in preschool children: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Sensory Integration Training on Emotional-Behavioral Symptoms, Executive Function, and Attention in Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder.International journal of school health · 2026Article
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Abstract
In recent years, research on the effectiveness of cognitive training has become increasingly popular. These studies are conducted across all age groups, including both typically developing individuals and those from clinical populations. However, their results remain inconclusive. The purpose of the present study was to verify the effectiveness of executive attention (EA) training for children in the period of middle childhood and of the transfer of the training effects onto non-trained tasks engaging working memory (WM) and fluid intelligence (Gf). The sample consisted of 180 typically developing children from two age groups: 4- and 6-year-olds. The children were divided into three research groups: the Training Group (EA training, 14 sessions), the Active Control Group (naming objects, 14 sessions), and the Passive Control Group (lack of activity). In the Training Group, the computer version of the adaptive EA training was used. WM and Gf were assessed in each group in the pre-test and post-test. The obtained data indicate the existence of asymmetry in the scope of training effects. EA training leads to a higher improvement in the correctness of performing tasks in 6-year-old children than in 4-year-old children (
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