The effects of Cogmed training have been demonstrated by leading academic researchers

Several of the research teams have published their results in leading peer reviewed academic journals. Other teams have presented data that is expected to be published in the near future.

The key references on Cogmed-related studies are listed below, in alphabetical order. References on the role and importance of working memory are also here.

Beck, S.J., Hanson, C.A., Puffenberger, S.S., Benninger, K.L., & Benninger, W.B. (2010).A controlled trial of working memory training for children and adolescents with ADHD. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39(6), 825 -836. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2010.517162 – Summary


Bellander, M., Brehmer, Y., Westerberg, H., Karlsson, S., Fürth, D., Bergman, O., Eriksson, E., & Bäckman, L. (2011). Preliminary evidence that allelic variation in the LMX1A gene influences training-related working memory improvement. Neuropsychologia, 49, 1938 -1942.doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.03.021 – Summary


Brehmer, Y., Rieckmann, A., Bellander, M., Westerberg, H., Fischer, H., & Bäckman, L. (2011). Neural correlates of training-related working-memory gains in old age. NeuroImage, 58(4),1110-1120.doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.079 – Summary


Brehmer, Y., Westerberg, H., & Bäckman, L. (2012). Working-memory training in younger and older adults: Training gains, transfer, and maintenance. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(63),1-7.doi:10.3389/fnhum.2012.00063


Brehmer, Y., Westerberg, H., Bellander, M., Fürth, D., Karlsson, S., & Bäckman, L. (2009). Working memory plasticity modulated by dopamine transporter genotype. Neuroscience Letters, 467, 117 -120.doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2009.10.018


Bergman-Nutley, S., Söderqvist, S., Bryde, S., Thorell, L.B., Humphreys, K., & Klingberg, T. (2011). Gains in fluid intelligence after training non-verbal reasoning in 4-year-old children: A controlled, randomized study. Developmental Science, 14(3), 591 -601. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01022.x – Summary


Dahlin, K. (2010). Effects of working memory training on reading in children with special needs. Reading and Writing. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11145-010-9238-y – Summary


Diamond, A., & Lee, K. (2011). Interventions shown to aid executive function development in children 4 to 12 years old [Special section]. Science, 333, 959-963. doi: 10.1126/science.1204529 – Summary


Gibson, B.S., Gondoli, D.M., Johnson, A.C., Steeger, C.M., Dobrzenski, B.A., & Morrissey, R.A.(2011). Component analysis of verbal versus spatial working memory training in adolescents with ADHD: A randomized, controlled trial. Child Neuropsychology, 17(6), 546-563.doi:10.1080/09297049.2010.551186 – Summary


Gibson, B.S., Kronenberger, W.G., Gondoli, D.M., Johnson, A.C., Morrissey, R.A., & Steeger, C.M. (2012). Component analysis of simple span vs. complex span adative working memory exercises: A randomized, controlled trial. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 1(3), 179-184. doi:10.1016/j.jarmac.2012.06.005 – Abstract


Gibson, B., Gondoli, D., Kronenberger, W., Johnson, A., Steeger, C., Morrissey, R. (2013). Exploration of an adaptive training regimen that can target the secondary memory component of working memory capacity. Memory & Cognition. Advance online publication.


Gray, S.A., Chaban, P., Martinussen, R., Goldberg, R., Gotlieb, H., Kronitz, R., Hockenberry, M., & Tannock, R. (2012). Effects of a computerized working memory training program on working memory, attention, and academics in adolescents with severe LD and comorbid ADHD; a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Advance online publication. – Abstract


Green, C.T., Long, D.L., Green, D., Iosif, A., Dixon, F., Miller, M.R., Fassbender, C., & Schweitzer, J.B. (2012). Will working memory training generalize to improve off-task behavior in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? Neurotherapeutics, 9(3), 639-648. doi:10.1007/s13311-012-0124-y – Summary


Grunewaldt, K.H., Løhaugen, G.C.C., Austeng, D.A., Brubakk, A., & Skranes, J. (2013). Working memory training improves cognitive function om VLBW preschoolers. Pediatrics. Advance online publication.Abstract


Holmes, J., Gathercole, S.E., & Dunning, D.L. (2009). Adaptive training leads to sustained enhancement of poor working memory in children. Developmental Science, 12(4), F9 -F15. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00848x – Summary


Hardy, K.K., Willard, V.W., Allen, T.M., & Bonner, M.J. (2012). Working memory training in survivors of pediatric cancer: A randomized pilot study. Psycho-Oncology. Advance online publication.


Holmes, J., Gathercole, S.E., Place, M., Dunning, D.L., Hilton, K.A., & Elliot, J.G. (2010). Working memory deficits can be overcome: Impacts of training and medication on working memory in children with ADHD. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24(6), 827-836. doi: 10.1002/acp.1589 – Summary


Holmes, J., Gathercole, S.E., & Dunning, D.L. (2010). Poor wokring memory: Impact and interventions. In J. Holmes (Ed.), Advances in Child Development and Behavior Developmental Disorders and Interventions, Volume 39 (pp. 1- 43). Burlington: Academic Press. To read full chapter


Johansson, B., & Tornmalm, M. (2012). Working memory training for patients with acquired brain injury: Effects in daily life. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 19(2), 176-183. doi:10.3109/11038128.2011.603352 – Summary


Klingberg, T. (2010). Training and plasticity of working memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 14(7), 317 -324. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.05.002 – Summary


Klingberg, T., Fernell, E., Olesen, P.J., Johnson, M., Gustafsson, P., Dahlström, K., Gillberg, C.G., Forssberg, H., & Westerberg, H. (2005). Computerized training of working memory in children with ADHD – a randomized, controlled trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 44(2), 177-186. – Summary


Klingberg, T., Forssberg, H., & Westerberg, H. (2002). Training of working memory in children with ADHD. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 24(6), 781 -791. – Summary


Kronenberger, W.G., Pisoni, D.B., & Henning, S.C., & Colson, B.G., & Hazzard, L.M. (2010). Working memory training for children with cochlear implants: A pilot study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Advance online publication. – Summary


Løhaugen, G.C.C., Antonsen, I., Håberg, A., Gramstad, A., Vik, T., Brubakk, A.M., & Skranes, J. (2010). Computerized working memory training improves function in adolescents born at extremely low birth weight. Journal of Pediatrics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.peds.2010.09.060 – Summary


Lundqvist, A., Gundström, K., & Rönnberg, J.(2010). Computerized working memory training in a group of patients suffering from acquired brain injury. Brain Injury, 24(10), 1173- 1183. – Summary


McNab, F., Varrone, A., Farde, L., Jucaite, A., Bystritsky, P., Forssberg, H., & Klingberg, T. (2009). Changes in cortical dopamine D1 receptor binding associated with cognitive training. Science, 323, 800 – 802. doi:10.1126/science.1166102 – Summary


Mezzacappa, E. & Buckner, J.C. (2010). Working memory training for children with attention problems or hyperactivity: A school-based pilot study. School Mental Health, 2(4), 202- 208. doi: 10.1007/s12310-010-9030-9. – Summary


Olsen, P.J., Westerberg, H., & Klingberg, T. (2004). Increased prefrontal and patietal activity after training of working memory. Nature Neuroscience, 7(1), 75- 79. doi: 10.1038/nn1165 – Summary


Roughan, L., & Hadwin, J.A. (2011). The impact of working memory training in young people with social, emotional and behavioral difficulties. Learning and Individual Differences, 21, 759-764.doi:10.1016/j.lindif.2011.07.011


Söderqvist, S., Bergman Nutley, S., Peyrard-Janvid, M., Matsoon, H., Humphreys, K., Kere, J., Klingberg, T. (2011). Dopamine, working memory, and training induced plasticity: Implications for developmental research. Developmental Psychology. Advanced Online Publication.doi:10.1037/a0026179


Söderqvist, S., Nutley, S.B., Ottersen, J., Grill, K.M., Klingberg, T. (2012). Computerized training of non-verbal reasoning and working memory in children with intellectual disability. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6, 271. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00271 – Abstract


Thorell, L.B., Lindqvist, S., Bergman Nutley, S.,Bohlin, G. & Klingberg, T. (2009). Training and transfer effects of executive functions in preschool children. Developmental Science, 12(1), 106 -133. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00745 – Summary


Westerberg, H., & Klingberg, T. (2007). Changes in cortical activity after training of working memory – a single-subject analysis. Physiology and Behavior, 92(1-2), 186 -192. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.05.041 – Summary


Westerberg, H., Jacobaeus, H., Hirvikoski, T., Clevberger, P., Östensson, M.L., Bartfai, A., & Klingberg, T. (2007). Computerized working memory training after stroke – a pilot study. Brain Injury, 21(1), 21-29. doi: 10.1080/02699050601148726 – Summary