Working Memory Training for Children with Attention Problems or Hyperactivity: A School-Based Pilot Study

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Is working memory training effective? (2012, background): “When raters were aware that children were receiving WM training, they reported behavioral improvements (i.e., teachers in Mezzacappa & Buckner, 2010; parents in Beck et al., 2010; teachers and parents in Gibson et al., 2011).”
Is working memory training effective? A meta-analytic review. (2013, background): “Several studies were excluded because they lack a control group, since as outlined in the introduction, such studies cannot provide any convincing support for the effects of an intervention (e.g., Holmes et al., 2010; Mezzacappa & Buckner, 2010).”
Cogmed working memory training: Does the evidence support the claims? (2012, background): “When parents or teachers are aware that they are rating the symptoms of children who have received training, they tend to report improved symptoms (Beck, Hanson, Puffenberger, Benninger, & Benniger, 2010; Gibson, Gondoli, Johnson, Steeger, Dobrzenski, et al., 2011; Mezzacappa & Buckner, 2010).”
Does working memory training work? The promise and challenges of enhancing cognition by training working memory (2011, background): “…in effort, expectancy, and investment, but these confounds are most problematic in studies that use no control group (Holmes et al., 2010; Mezzacappa & Buckner, 2010), or only a no-contact control group; a cohort of participants that completes the pre and post training assessments but…”