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Direct linkMercedes Montenegro-Peña; Pedro Montejo Carrasco; M. Emiliana De Andrés Montes; Antonio García Marín; Borja Montejo Rubio; David Prada Crespo – Educational Gerontology, 2025
The results of Cognitive Intervention (CI) programs vary considerably; thus, it is helpful to assess the characteristics that enhance the effectiveness of these programs. Our objectives were to analyze the effectiveness of a multicomponent CI program called UMAM on cognitive performance, subjective memory, daily forgetfulness, and mood of…
Descriptors: Memory, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Older Adults
Brotóns, Elena Bernabéu; Álvarez, Cristina De la Peña – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2019
Introduction: Excessive alcohol consumption is the most widespread toxic habit in the world, and a particular problem among young people for whom alcohol is part of their recreational habits. The start of university studies coincides with adulthood when alcohol becomes easily available and used as a tool to deal with new stressors. It has been…
Descriptors: Drinking, Academic Achievement, Stress Variables, Executive Function
Lechuga, M. Teresa; Pelegrina, Santiago; Pelaez, Jose L.; Martin-Puga, M. Eva; Justicia, M. Jose – Educational Psychology, 2016
There is growing evidence supporting the importance of executive functions, and specifically working memory updating (WMU), for children's academic achievement. This study aimed to assess the specific contribution of updating to the prediction of academic performance. Two updating tasks, which included different updating components, were…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Grade 4
Iglesias-Sarmiento, Valentin; Deano, Manuel – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
This investigation analyzed the relation between cognitive functioning and mathematical achievement in 114 students in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Differences in cognitive performance were studied concurrently in three selected achievement groups: mathematical learning disability group (MLD), low achieving group (LA), and typically achieving…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Cognitive Processes, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Students
Cao, Ana Rey; Lacruz, Inmaculada Canales; Pais, Maria Ines Taboas – Educational Gerontology, 2011
This article shows the cognitive and motor-perceptive effects of the application of a cognitive stimulating program through motor function on 234 elderly people. The assessment was carried out prior to and after the program. Significant improvements in the experimental group were observed (p [less than or equal to] 0.05) in six of the eight…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Older Adults, Foreign Countries
Martinez-Castilla, Pastora; Sotillo, Maria; Campos, Ruth – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2011
In spite of the relevant role of prosody in communication, and in contrast with other linguistic components, there is paucity of research in this field for Williams syndrome (WS). Therefore, this study performed a systematic assessment of prosodic abilities in WS. The Spanish version of the Profiling Elements of Prosody in Speech-Communication…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Cues, Speech Communication, Age Differences
Jimenez, Juan E.; Siegel, Linda; O'Shanahan, Isabel; Ford, Laurie – Educational Psychology, 2009
The purpose of the present study was to explore the relative roles of IQ and cognitive processes in reading performance. A sample of 443 Spanish children (264 male, 179 female) ranging in age from 7 to 13 years were classified into four groups according to IQ scores (less than 80, 80-90, 90-110, greater than 110) and reading disabled (RD) and…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intelligence Quotient, Cognitive Processes, Role
Peer reviewedPurpura, James Enos – Language Learning, 1997
Investigates the relationship between test takers' strategy and their performance on second-language tests (SLTP) comprising an 80-item Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Questionnaire and a 70-item standardized language test. Results explain SLTP by grammar and reading ability; cognitive processing by comprehending, storing, and retrieval…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Tests
Download full textPracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
