Peer-reviewed research shows Cogmed is an effective intervention

The below table includes Cogmed training studies that have been published in peer-reviewed, scientific journals, including several randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials and evaluations by research with no affiliation to Cogmed. To read summaries, click on the title of each published study.

We also provide a free webinar about Cogmed research hosted by clinical psychologists Dr. Charles Shinaver and Dr. Peter Entiwistle – see the upcoming schedule.

In addition to the published studies shown below, a table summarizing ongoing Cogmed studies can be found here. The software and protocol used in these studies is the very same as that used every day by clinicians in the Cogmed network around the world – review our research strategy.

Year	Publication	Title	Author	Abstract
2012	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	Working-memory training in younger and older adults: Training gains, transfer and maintenance	Brehmer et al.	Link to abstract
2012	Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy	Working memory training for patients with acquired brain injury: effects in daily life	Johansson & Tornmalm	Link to abstract
2011	NeuroImage	Neural correlates of training-related working-memory gains in old age	Brehmer et al.	Link to abstract
2011	Science	Interventions shown to aid executive function development in children 4 to 12 years old	Diamond & Lee	Link to abstract
2011	Learning and Individual Differences	The impact of working memory training in young people with social, emotional and behavioral difficulties	Roughan & Hadwin	Link to abstract
2011	Neuropsychologia	Preliminary evidence that allelic variation in the LMX1A gene influences training related working memory improvement	Bellander et al.	Link to abstract
2011	Developmental Psychology	Dopamine, working memory, and training induced plasticity: Implications for developmental research	Söderqvist et al.	Link to abstract
2011	Child Neuropsychology	Component analysis of verbal versus spatial working memory training in adolescents with ADHD: A randomized, controlled trial	Gibson et al.	Link to abstract
2011	Developmental Science	Gains in fluid intelligence after training non-verbal reasoning in 4-year-old children: A controlled randomized study	Bergman Nutley et al.	Link to abstract
2011	Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research	Working memory training for children with cochlear implants: A pilot study	Kronenberger et al.	Link to abstract
2010	Brain Injury	Computerized training of working memory in a group of patients suffering from acquired brain injury	Lundqvist et al.	Link to abstract
2010	The Journal of Pediatrics	Computerized working memory training improves function in adolescents born at extremely low birth weight	Løhaugen et al.	Link to abstract
2010	Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology	A controlled trial of working memory training for children and adolescents with ADHD	Beck et al.	Link to abstract
2010	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	Training and plasticity of working memory	Klingberg et al.	Link to abstract
2010	Applied Cognitive Psychology	Impacts of training and medication on working memory on ADHD Children	Holmes et al.	Link to abstract
2010	Reading and Writing	Effects of working memory training on reading in children with special needs	Dahlin	Link to abstract
2010	School Mental Health	Working memory training for children with attention problems	Mezzacappa et al.	Link to abstract
2009	Science	Changes in cortical D1 receptor binding after cognitive training	McNab et al.	Link to abstract
2009	Neuroscience Letters	Working memory plasticity modulated by dopamine transporter genotype	Brehmer et al.	Link to abstract
2009	Developmental Science	Training leads to sustained enhancement of poor working memory in children	Holmes et al.	Link to abstract
2008	Developmental Science	Training and transfer effects of executive functions in preschoolers	Thorell et al.	Link to abstract
2007	Physiology and Behavior	Changes in cortical activity after training of working memory – a single-subject analysis	Westerberg & Klingberg	Link to abstract
2007	Brain Injury	Computerized working memory training after stroke – a pilot study	Westerberg et al.	Link to abstract
2005	JAACAP	Computerized training of working memory of children with ADHD	Klingberg et al.	Link to abstract
2004	Nature Neuroscience	Increased prefrontal and parietal activity after training of working memory	Olesen et al.	Link to abstract
2002	J. of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology	Training of working memory in children with ADHD	Klingberg et al.	Link to abstract