Learning Problems
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to examine changes in multiple cognitive skills after completing 60 hours of cognitive training with ThinkRx, a LearningRx program.
Detailed description
In a two-phase randomized controlled study, investigators will examine the effects of a one-on-one cognitive training program on memory, visual and auditory processing, processing speed, reasoning, attention, and General Intellectual Ability (GIA) score for students ages 8-14. In Phase 1, participants will be randomly assigned to either an experimental group to complete 60 hours of one-on-one cognitive training or to a wait-list control group. In Phase 2, the wait-list control group will complete the intervention using an alternative delivery model: 50% clinician delivered and 50% digital delivery.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALLearningRx cognitive training
A clinician will deliver forty 90-minute cognitive training sessions over 12-14 weeks for a total of 60 training hours. There are 23 different categories of training procedures sequenced in intensity and difficulty for a total of more than 1000 training tasks.
Sponsors
Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 14 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Between 8-14 years of age, living in the greater Colorado Springs area, screening GIA score between 70 and 130
Exclusion criteria
* None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence of overall cognitive function improvement | within 14 days after completing the intervention | Confirmed by pretest to post-test change on the Woodcock Johnson III - Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ III): General Intellectual Ability composite score |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence of improvement in working memory | within 14 days after completing the intervention | Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Numbers Reversed test |
| Evidence of improvement in long-term memory | within 14 days after completing the intervention | Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Visual-Auditory Learning Delayed test |
| Evidence of improvement in fluid reasoning | within 14 days after completing the intervention | Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Concept Formation test |
| Evidence of improvement in school performance | Within two years after completing the intervention | Confirmed by improvement in school achievement tests and grade reports |
| Evidence of improvement in visual processing | within 14 days after completing the intervention | Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Spatial Relations test |
| Evidence of improvement in auditory processing | within 14 days after completing the intervention | Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Sound Blending test |
| Evidence of improvement in attention | within 14 days after completing the intervention | Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cognition Toolbox attention test |
| Evidence of improvement in processing speed | within 14 days after completing the intervention | Confirmed by pretest to posttest change on the WJ III: Visual Matching test |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed