RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL · 2018
Clinician-Delivered Cognitive Training for Children with Attention Problems: Effects on Cognition and Behavior from the ThinkRx Randomized Controlled Trial
Children ages 8–14 with ADHD/attention problems
What Did Researchers Study?
Researchers examined one-on-one cognitive training among students ages 8–14 with attention problems, measuring memory, processing, reasoning, attention, IQ, and behavior.
What Did Researchers Find?
Statistically significant differences were reported in working memory, long-term memory, logic and reasoning, auditory processing, and IQ. Qualitative reports also described changes in cognition and behavior.
The study examined multiple outcomes; not every outcome was statistically significant.
Publication Details:
Moore, A.L., Carpenter, D.M., Ledbetter, C., & Miller, T.M.
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 14, 1671–1683
2018
Children ages 8–14 with ADHD/attention problems
Randomized controlled trial