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Lofthouse, Nicholas; Arnold, L. Eugene; Hersch, Sarah; Hurt, Elizabeth; DeBeus, Roger – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2012
Objective: The aim of this paper was to review all randomized published trials and unpublished conference presentations on the neurofeedback (NF) treatment of pediatric ADHD, and their relevance, strengths, and limitations. Method: Via PsychInfo and Medline searches and contacts with NF researchers 14 studies were identified and reviewed. Results:…
Descriptors: Identification, Evidence, Outcome Measures, Mental Disorders
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Shipstead, Zach; Redick, Thomas S.; Engle, Randall W. – Psychological Bulletin, 2012
Working memory (WM) is a cognitive system that strongly relates to a person's ability to reason with novel information and direct attention to goal-relevant information. Due to the central role that WM plays in general cognition, it has become the focus of a rapidly growing training literature that seeks to affect broad cognitive change through…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intelligence, Transfer of Training, Short Term Memory
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Van Mourik, Rosa; Oosterlaan, Jaap; Sergeant, Joseph A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: An inhibition deficit, including poor interference control, has been implicated as one of the core deficits in AD/HD. Interference control is clinically measured by the Stroop Colour-Word Task. The aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate the strength of an interference deficit in AD/HD as measured by the Stroop Colour-Word Task…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Control Groups, Intelligence, Young Adults