Can computerized cognitive training enhance executive functions in healthy young adults? A preliminary study
Publish place: Journal of Neurodevelopmental Cognition، Vol: 0، Issue: 5
Publish Year: 1401
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: English
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Abstract:
Computerized cognitive training (CCT) is a computer-based intervention that targets cognitive functioning that has become increasingly popular in the recent decade. We examined the effectiveness of RehaCom as a standard computerized cognitive training on the executive functions of healthy adults in this preliminary study. The study was a quasi-experimental study using a pretest-posttest experimental design without a control group. The participants included ۱۰ healthy adults. The participants were evaluated before and after the intervention using Trail Making Test (TMT), Intra-Extra Dimensional Set Shift (IED), and Stockings of Cambridge (SOC) computerized tasks. The subjects were trained by RehaCom software for ۴۵ minutes per day, one day per week, for a total of four sessions over one month. Data were analyzed in the SPSS software (version ۲۶) using the paired t-test test. Results show significant enhancement in participants’ central executive functioning (p < ۰.۰۱), shifting (p<۰.۰۵), and planning (p<۰.۰۵). A computerized cognitive training program can improve the cognitive functions of healthy adults.
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Saeid Sadeghi
Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Zahra Nejad-Ebrahim
Department of Psychology, faculty of Psychology and Education Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Fatemeh Ghafari
Department of Psychology, faculty of Psychology and Education Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran