Cognitive training is the delivery of intense but game-like mental exercises that target the development of specific cognitive skills. Research activities in this area include pre-test/post-test quasi-experimental and experimental designs, prediction studies on archived student data, and pilot testing of new and revised cognitive training procedures delivered one-on-one by cognitive trainers or through interaction with a digital delivery platform.
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Recently Completed Trials
ThinkRx Cognitive Training for Adults over Age 50: Clinician-Caregiver Partners in Delivery Compared to Clinician-Only Delivery
PIs: Dick Carpenter, PhD (University of Colorado Colorado Springs) and Amy Lawson Moore, PhD (Gibson Institute)
January 2017 to December 2017
manuscript in peer review
Cognitive Outcomes for Students with ADHD: A Randomized Controlled Trial on LearningRx Cognitive Training
PIs: Dick Carpenter, PhD (University of Colorado Colorado Springs) and Christina Ledbetter, PhD (LSU Health Sciences Center)
June 2015-January 2016 See preliminary results
manuscript accepted for publication
Transfer Effects from Two Methods of Delivering Cognitive Training to Children with Learning Struggles: A Randomized Controlled Trial
PIs: Dick Carpenter, PhD (University of Colorado Colorado Springs) and Christina Ledbetter, PhD (LSU Health Sciences Center)
June 2016-June 2017
manuscript in peer review
Current Areas of Study
Cognitive Training and Traumatic Brain Injury
(ClinicalTrials.gov NCT#02918994)
Multidisciplinary Approach to Treating Mild Cognitive Impairment
(ClinicalTrials.gov NCT# 02943187)
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