Institution: University of Notre Dame Investigator(s): Dr. Dawn M. Gondoli, Dr. Bradley S. Gibson, Dr. Kristin Valentino Aim: • Evaluate the combined effectiveness of Cogmed Working Memory Training and a behavioral training program for the improvement of parenting entitled Community Oriented Parenting Education (COPE; Cunningham, Bremner, & Boyle, 1995) for adolescents with ADHD • Investigate [...]

Institution: Travis Research Institute Investigator(s): Dr. DeBoard Marion Program: Cogmed RM Background & Aim: Virtual classroom is a unique approach to diagnosing and addressing attention issues by providing a virtual environment where responses to cognitive challenges (distracters) can be monitored in an ecologically valid situation. The aim of the current project is to compare school [...]

Institution: Murdoch Research Institute Investigator(s): Professor Peter Anderson, Professor Lex Doyle, Dr. Gehan Roberts, Professor Susan Gathercole, Dr. Chiara Nosarti, Dr. Deanne Thompson, Dr. Marc Seal, Dr. Katherline Lee, Dr. Gillian Opie, Dr. Elizabeth Carse Program: Cogmed RM Background & Aim: About 10% of live births per year are preterm. Increases in the number of [...]

Research institution: Duke University Researcher(s): James Heller Training Program: Cogmed JM Status: Ongoing Summary: Individuals with Down syndrome appear to have superior visual memory skills as compared to spatial memory. Memory and executive function deficits of individuals with Down syndrome have been associated with the neurologic impairment of the hippocampus (memory) and frontal lobes (executive [...]

Institution: Children’s National Medical Center Investigator(s): Dr. Kristina Hardy Program: Cogmed RM/JM Background & Aim: Between 30 -80% of children diagnosed with central nervous system (CNS)-impacting cancer (e.g., brain tumors and acute lymphoblastic leukemia) go on to experience neurocognitive problems such as deficits in working memory (WM). Because these difficulties make it harder for children [...]

Institution: University of California, Davis Investigator(s): Dr. Julie Schweitzer, Dr. Randi Hagerman, Dr. David Hessl, Dr. Andrea Schneider Program: Cogmed RM Background & Aim: Working memory (WM) is significantly impaired in person with Fragile X Syndrome (FXS). Research has demonstrated that individuals with FXS have aberrant fronto-striatal brain activation that underlies their working memory deficit. [...]

Institution: Loyola Marymount University Investigator(s): Dr. Judith Foy Program: Cogmed JM Background & Aim: Research consistently shows that the strongest predictor of academic achievement in elementary school is academic performance upon school entry, the beginning of kindergarten. Most struggling early readers, however, can be helped with empirically-based intervention practices such as the Bookworm Project. However, [...]

Institution: Children’s National Medical Center Investigator(s):! Dr. Kristina Hardy Program: Cogmed RM Background & Aim: Pediatric brain tumors are often treated with some combination of neurosurgery, chemotherapy and cranial radiation therapy (CRT). Advances in treatment have increased the likelihood of cure but, survival for these children is often characterized by significant deficits in attention and [...]

Institution: Children’s National Medical Center Investigator(s): Dr. Madison Berl Program: Cogmed RM Aim: Working memory (WM) may be a moderator of the neurocognitive impairments associated with pediatric epilepsy. Executive functioning skills such as WM are necessary for efficient performance of a task regardless of domain (e.g. language, visual spatial, motor); making these skills essential to [...]

Institution: University of Southampton Investigator(s): Dr. Julie Hadwin Program: Cogmed RM Background & Aim: Children with anxiety experience school related difficulties, with lower performance on schoolwork and tests, decreased attendance, higher dropout, and decreased likelihood of pursuing further education. Research has also shown that negative affect and academic performance is moderated by working memory (WM) [...]

Institution: Karakter University Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Nijmegen) Investigator(s): Dr. Dorine Slaats, Sammy Roording Program: Cogmed RM Background & Aim: Results of previous studies indicate positive effects of working memory (WM) training in children with psychiatric disorders and lower intelligence. However, the effects of WM training have not yet been studied in a [...]