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Efficacy of a computer-based cognitive training program to enhance planning skills in 5 to 7-year-old normally-developing children.
Ríos Cruz, Sonia Gisela; Olivares Pérez, Teresa; Hernández Expósito, Sergio; Bolívar Barón, Holman Diego; Gillon Dowens, Margaret; Betancort Montesinos, Moisés.
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  • Ríos Cruz SG; Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Católica de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Olivares Pérez T; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Sección Psicología, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.
  • Hernández Expósito S; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Sección Psicología, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.
  • Bolívar Barón HD; Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Gillon Dowens M; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China.
  • Betancort Montesinos M; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Sección Psicología, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.
Appl Neuropsychol Child ; 9(1): 21-30, 2020.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30295516
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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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Terapia Assistida por Computador / Função Executiva / Remediação Cognitiva Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limite: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Appl Neuropsychol Child Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Colômbia País de publicação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Terapia Assistida por Computador / Função Executiva / Remediação Cognitiva Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limite: Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Appl Neuropsychol Child Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Colômbia País de publicação: Estados Unidos