Publication: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, March 2012 Institution: Karolinska Institute Investigator(s): Yvonne Brehmer, Helena Westerberg, Lars Bäckman Program: Cogmed RM   Background & Aim: Working memory (WM) is the ability to maintain and manipulate information over short periods of time, often in the face of distraction. WM is a key determinant of higher order cognitive [...]

Publication: Developmental Psychology Institution: Karolinska Institute Investigator(s): Stina Söderqvist, Sissela Nutley, Myriam Peyrard-Janvid, Hans Matsson, Keith Humphreys, Juha Kere, Torkel Klingberg Program: Cogmed JM   Background & Aim: The neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) is closely linked with working memory (WM) functioning. Individual variations in genes that impact the production, amount and or/signaling of DA in the [...]

Publication: Learning and Individual Differences Institution: University of Southampton Investigator(s): Laura Roughan, Julie Hadwin Program: Cogmed RM   Background & Aim: Children with mental health issues, such as anxiety, experience school related difficulties, with lower performance on schoolwork and tests, decreased attendance, higher dropout, and decreased likelihood of pursuing further education. Attentional processes are increasingly [...]

Institution: The University of British Columbia Title: Interventions shown to aid executive function development in children 4 to 12 years old Researcher(s): Diamond, A. Lee, K. Program: Cogmed RM Published: Science, August 2011 Overview: In the August 2011 Special Section of Science, Cogmed was featured as the “most researched approach” for improving executive functions in [...]

Institution: Karolinska Institute Title: Preliminary evidence that allelic variation in the LMX1A gene influences training related working memory improvement Researcher(s): Bellander M, Brehmer Y, Westerberg H, Karlssona S, Fürtha D, Bergman O, Eriksson E, Bäckman L Program: Cogmed RM Published: Neuropsychologia, July 2011 The LMX1A gene impacts the proliferation, differentiation and maintenance of dopamine producing [...]

Institution: Karolinska Institute Title: Neural correlates of training-related working-memory gains in old age Researcher(s): Brehmer Y, Rieckmann A, Bellander M, Westerberg H, Fischer H, Bäckman L Program: Cogmed QM Published: NeuroImage, July 2011 Brehmer and colleagues investigated the relationship between behavioral performance and neural activity in 23 healthy, older adults (60-70 years) following five weeks [...]

Institution: Karolinska Institute Title: Gains in fluid intelligence after training non-verbal reasoning in 4-year-old children: A controlled randomized study Researcher(s): Sissela Bergman Nutley, Stina Söderqvist, Sara Bryde, Lisa B. Thorell, Keith Humphreys, Torkel Klingberg Program: Cogmed RM Published: Developmental Science, April 2011 In a double-blind, randomized, controlled study, Bergman-Nutley et al. investigated whether fluid intelligence [...]

Institution: Notre Dame Title: Component analysis of verbal versus spatial working memory training in adolescents with ADHD: A randomized, controlled trial Researcher(s): Gibson BS, Gondoli DM, Johnson AC, Steeger CM, Dobrzenski BA, Morrissey RA Program: Cogmed RM Published: Child Neuropsychology, March 2011 In a 2010 study, Gibson et al. investigated the utility of Unsworth and [...]