Children with ADHD are characterized frequently as possessing underdeveloped executive
functions and sustained attentional abilities, and recent commercial claims suggest that …

Review of the evidence on, and fundamental questions about, efforts to improve executive
functions, including working memory Page 166 8 Review of the Evidence on, and Fundamental …

Virtually all theories agreed that if verbal short-term memory was characterized by any single
task, that task was digit span, with longer sequences of digits occupying more of the capacity …

Children with low working memory typically make poor educational progress, and it has
been speculated that difficulties in meeting the heavy working memory demands of the …

Adaptive computerized training has been associated with significant enhancements in
untrained working memory tasks, but the nature of the cognitive changes that underpin these …

Working memory (WM) training improves WM ability in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD), but its efficacy for non-cognitive ADHD impairments ADHD has been …

Research indicates that cognitive processes linked to the detection of threat stimuli are
associated with poor attentional control, placing children and adolescents at increased risk …

Purpose The purpose of this article is to discuss the current state of interventions for
improving working memory (WM) capacity language and academic skills and to provide …

The goal of the present study was to test whether the amount of coaching influenced the
results of working memory training on both visual and verbal working memory. Additionally …

Background We explored whether school‐based Cogmed Working Memory Training
(CWMT) may optimise both academic and psychological outcomes at school. Training of …