A pilot study for rehabilitation of central executive deficits after traumatic brain injury

Serino, Andrea; Ciaramelli, Elisa; Santantonio, Anna Di; Malagù, Susanna; Servadei, Franco; Làdavas, Elisabetta

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“…-Did not have a control group or compares two types of WM training (no untreated control group); (Gibson, Gondoli, et al 2011Holmes, Gathercole, Place, Dunning et al 2010Mezzacappa & Buckner, 2010) -Different control groups for working memory and transfer measures (K. I. E. Dahlin, 2011) -Only used raƟng scales (Beck, Hanson, et al, 2010) -Did not report data on the targeted transfer measures Engvig, Fjell, et al 2010;Li, Schmiedek, et al 2008;Kinsella, Mullaly, et al 2009;Lundquist, Grundstr m, et al 2010;Løhaugen, Antonsen et al 2010;Owen, Hampshire et al 2010;Serino, Ciaramelli, et al 2007;Takeuchi, Sekiguchi et al 2010;Vogt, Kappos, et al 2009). …”

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Is working memory training effective? A meta-analytic review.

Melby‐Lervåg

Hulme

2013

Developmental Psychology

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It has been suggested that working memory training programs are effective both as treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other cognitive disorders in children and as a tool to improve cognitive ability and scholastic attainment in typically developing children and adults. However, effects across studies appear to be variable, and a systematic meta-analytic review was undertaken. To be included in the review, studies had to be randomized controlled trials or quasi-experiments without randomization, have a treatment, and have either a treated group or an untreated control group. Twenty-three studies with 30 group comparisons met the criteria for inclusion. The studies included involved clinical samples and samples of typically developing children and adults. Meta-analyses indicated that the programs produced reliable short-term improvements in working memory skills. For verbal working memory, these near-transfer effects were not sustained at follow-up, whereas for visuospatial working memory, limited evidence suggested that such effects might be maintained. More importantly, there was no convincing evidence of the generalization of working memory training to other skills (nonverbal and verbal ability, inhibitory processes in attention, word decoding, and arithmetic). The authors conclude that memory training programs appear to produce short-term, specific training effects that do not generalize. Possible limitations of the review (including age differences in the samples and the variety of different clinical conditions included) are noted. However, current findings cast doubt on both the clinical relevance of working memory training programs and their utility as methods of enhancing cognitive functioning in typically developing children and healthy adults.

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Is working memory training effective? A meta-analytic review.

Melby‐Lervåg

Hulme

2013

Developmental Psychology

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“…They also show practice effects, which might be applied to deliberate WM training important in improving rehabilitation outcomes or cognitive performance in environments highly relying on WM processes. In this fast-emerging literature, example studies examine learning difficulties in neurodevelopmental disorders (Gathercole & Alloway, 2006), the influence of l-dopa on learning by repetitive training (Knecht et al, 2004), or applied as a part of a rehabilitation in stroke (Westernberg et al, 2007) and traumatic brain injury patients (Serino et al, 2007). Training usually lasts about 5 weeks.…”

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“…Moreover, the transfer effects are observed for tasks engaging similar processes, for example, other WM, attention, reasoning tasks (Dahlin et al, 2008;Westerberg & Klingberg, 2007;Westernberg et al, 2007), or ability to resist interference (Persson & ReuterLorenz, 2008). Some of the positive effects of such training sessions include reduced symptoms (Klingberg et al, 2005;Serino et al, 2007;Westernberg et al, 2007) or even improvements of patients' everyday life functioning (Serino et al, 2007).…”

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Intelligence and Cognitive Control

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Nęcka²

2010

Handbook of Individual Differences in Cognition

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“…De acordo com uma busca na literatura internacional, programas de Treinamento da Memória de Trabalho (TMT), focados em tarefas específicas para trabalhar e aprimorar esta função, não computadorizados (Duval et al, 2008;Serino et al, 2007;Vallat et al, 2005) e computadorizados (Lundqvist, Grundström, Samuelsson, & Rönnberg, 2010;Westerberg et al, 2007), observa-se que geralmente os estudos têm sido direcionados a pessoas com prejuízos decorrentes de lesões cerebrais. No que se refere a idosos sem comprometimentos cognitivos, programas não computadorizados (Borella, Carretti, Riboldi, & De Beni, 2010;Li et al, 2008) e computadorizados (Buschkuehl et al, 2008) parecem ser menos freqüentes até mesmo na literatura internacional.…”

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Efeito de um programa de treinamento da memória de trabalho em adultos idosos

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ResumoEste estudo objetivou examinar os efeitos de um Treinamento da Memória de Trabalho (TMT) em idosos saudáveis. Vinte participantes compuseram a amostra final, onze do grupo experimental (TMT) e nove do controle (socialização). Todos foram submetidos a uma avaliação neuropsicológica pré e pós-intervenção. Os encontros foram realizados uma vez por semana, durante três meses. Houve melhora significativa, no grupo experimental, em atenção concentrada, aprendizagem, memória de curto prazo e episódica, e no grupo controle, em um menor número de variáveis, na atenção concentrada e memória episódica. O TMT parece ter promovido efeito de transferência, principalmente na memória episódica, que é relacionada diretamente aos subsistemas da memória de trabalho (MT), sugerindo que o TMT pode ser útil no contexto da neuropsicologia do envelhecimento. Palavras-chave: Memória de trabalho, memória episódica, treinamento neuropsicológico, idoso. AbstractThe present study examined the effects of a Working Memory Training (WMT) in healthy elderly. Twenty participants comprised the final sample, eleven from the experimental group (WMT) and nine from the control group (socialization). Every subject underwent a neuropsychological evaluation pre and postintervention. The meetings were held once a week, for three months. Results indicated that subjects in the experimental group improved cognitive functions related to concentrated attention, learning, short-term and episodic memory. Subjects in the control group also demonstrated, in a smaller number of variables, improvement in concentrated attention and episodic memory. WMT seems to have generated a transfer effect, especially to episodic memory, which is directly related to the subsystem of working memory (WM), suggesting that WMT may be useful in the context of the neuropsychology of aging.

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A pilot study for rehabilitation of central executive deficits after traumatic brain injury

Abstract: The results support the efficacy of the WMT in recovering CES impairments.

Cited by 94 publications

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Is working memory training effective? A meta-analytic review.

Is working memory training effective? A meta-analytic review.

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Efeito de um programa de treinamento da memória de trabalho em adultos idosos

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