ELECTRN 8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cognitive Training, Developmental Disorder, Meta-Analysis
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= tools to ameliorate cognitive deficits through extensive training: may induce neuroplastic changes: functional and structural adaptation in response to training, cognitive domains: wm, memory, attention, ef, reasoning skills, processing speed. Brain training is controversial: developmental disorders such as adhd and learning disabilities, psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, tbi or stroke patients, neurodegenerative diseases like mci and ad, potential conflict of interest in research. Initial results of studies in terms of effects were disappointing. Patients improved on specific tasks, but not in general in terms of a cognitive domain or daily functioning. A therapeutic intervention is only effective if its benefits transfer to non- intervention tasks and settings. / new insights of the last two decades. What is better today: tools allow for adaptive difficulty levels, thus challenge patient continuously, more intensive and extensive training: daily, 45min, several weeks, personal devices allow for training at home, better methodology in research and more critical reviews.
