The purpose of this study is to examine changes in multiple cognitive skills after completing 60 hours of cognitive training with ThinkRx, a LearningRx program.
In a two-phase randomized controlled study, investigators will examine the effects of a one-on-one cognitive training program on memory, visual and auditory processing, processing speed, reasoning, attention, and General Intellectual Ability (GIA) score for students ages 8-14. In Phase 1, participants will be randomly assigned to either an experimental group to complete 60 hours of one-on-one cognitive training or to a wait-list control group. In Phase 2, the wait-list control group will complete the intervention using an alternative delivery model: 50% clinician delivered and 50% digital delivery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
39
A clinician will deliver forty 90-minute cognitive training sessions over 12-14 weeks for a total of 60 training hours. There are 23 different categories of training procedures sequenced in intensity and difficulty for a total of more than 1000 training tasks.
Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Evidence of overall cognitive function improvement
Confirmed by pretest to post-test change on the Woodcock Johnson III - Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ III): General Intellectual Ability composite score
Time frame: within 14 days after completing the intervention
Evidence of improvement in school performance
Confirmed by improvement in school achievement tests and grade reports
Time frame: Within two years after completing the intervention
Evidence of improvement in working memory
Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Numbers Reversed test
Time frame: within 14 days after completing the intervention
Evidence of improvement in long-term memory
Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Visual-Auditory Learning Delayed test
Time frame: within 14 days after completing the intervention
Evidence of improvement in fluid reasoning
Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Concept Formation test
Time frame: within 14 days after completing the intervention
Evidence of improvement in processing speed
Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Visual Matching test
Time frame: within 14 days after completing the intervention
Evidence of improvement in visual processing
Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Spatial Relations test
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Time frame: within 14 days after completing the intervention
Evidence of improvement in auditory processing
Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Sound Blending test
Time frame: within 14 days after completing the intervention
Evidence of improvement in attention
Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cognition Toolbox attention test
Time frame: within 14 days after completing the intervention