Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
| Control Groups | 6 |
| Program Effectiveness | 6 |
| Visual Stimuli | 6 |
| Experimental Groups | 4 |
| Comparative Analysis | 3 |
| Autism | 2 |
| Children | 2 |
| Elementary School Students | 2 |
| Foreign Countries | 2 |
| Intervention | 2 |
| Pervasive Developmental… | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Autism: The International… | 1 |
| Behavioral Medicine | 1 |
| Journal of Abnormal Child… | 1 |
| Journal of Autism and… | 1 |
| ProQuest LLC | 1 |
| Research Quarterly for… | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 2 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Finland | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Stroop Color Word Test | 1 |
| Trail Making Test | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkHarveson, Andrew T.; Hannon, James C.; Brusseau, Timothy A.; Podlog, Leslie; Papadopoulos, Charilaos; Durrant, Lynne H.; Hall, Morgan S.; Kang, Kyoung-doo – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine differences in cognition between acute bouts of resistance exercise, aerobic exercise, and a nonexercise control in an untrained youth sample. Method: Ninety-four participants performed 30 min of aerobic exercise, resistance exercise, or nonexercise separated by 7 days each in a randomized…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, High School Students, Exercise, Control Groups
Powell, Georgina; Wass, Sam V.; Erichsen, Jonathan T.; Leekam, Susan R. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
A number of authors have suggested that attention control may be a suitable target for cognitive training in children with autism spectrum disorder. This study provided the first evidence of the feasibility of such training using a battery of tasks intended to target visual attentional control in children with autism spectrum disorder within…
Descriptors: Autism, Eye Movements, Cognitive Development, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Waugh, Cynthia; Peskin, Joan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The present study examines the efficacy of a social skills and Theory of Mind (S.S.ToM) intervention for children with high-functioning ASD. Children were taught to identify and consider their peer's mental states, e.g., knowledge, emotions, desires, beliefs, intentions, likes and dislikes, while learning friendship-making skills and strategies,…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Theory of Mind, Intervention, Autism
Strand, Michael T.; Hawk, Larry W., Jr.; Bubnik, Michelle; Shiels, Keri; Pelham, William E., Jr.; Waxmonsky, James G. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2012
Working memory (WM) is considered a core deficit in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), with numerous studies demonstrating impaired WM among children with ADHD. We tested the degree to which WM in children with ADHD was improved by performance-based incentives, an analog of behavioral intervention. In two studies, WM performance was…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Control Groups, Stimulants, Program Effectiveness
Stern, Gail – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Computer assisted psychomotor training is recognized as an appropriate tool in motor skill acquisition in adults with and without physical limitations. In specialized populations of individuals with physical deficits such as Parkinson's disease, previous researchers have examined the application of computer assisted training during upper extremity…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cues
Heikkinen, Anna Maria; Broms, Ulla; Pitkaniemi, Janne; Koskenvuo, Markku; Meurman, Jukka – Behavioral Medicine, 2009
The authors aimed to investigate factors associated with smoking cessation among adolescents after tobacco intervention. They examined smokers (n = 127) from one birth cohort (n = 545) in the city of Kotka in Finland. These smokers were randomized in 3 intervention groups the dentist (n = 44) and the school nurse (n = 42 groups), and a control…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Smoking, School Nurses
