Efficacy of a computer-based cognitive training program to enhance planning skills in 5 to 7-year-old normally-developing children.
Appl Neuropsychol Child
; 9(1): 21-30, 2020.
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We designed and evaluated the efficacy of a computer-based cognitive training program (Executive Function Enhancement Program [EFEP]) to stimulate executive functions through enhancing planning in normally-developing children. A total of 111 Colombian children participated in the study. Fifty-nine (53%) of the children were assigned to the experimental condition (application of the EFEP program) with two levels of planning performance, and fifty-two (47%) to the waiting list control condition with the same two levels of planning. The training program was applied three times a week over six weeks, with post-intervention assessment two weeks after the end of training. A follow-up assessment was carried out three months later. Results showed that the intervention program was particularly effective in the children with lower pre-intervention performance in planning, demonstrating that the program is an efficient therapeutic instrument for enhancing the executive function of planning in children between 5 and 7 years old.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapia Assistida por Computador
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Função Executiva
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Remediação Cognitiva
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Appl Neuropsychol Child
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Colômbia
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos