3,097
Views
68
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Can computerized working memory training improve impaired working memory, cognition and psychological health?

, , &
Pages 1649-1657 | Received 27 Nov 2012, Accepted 26 Jul 2013, Published online: 02 Oct 2013

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (15)

Macarena Gil-Pagés, Javier Solana, Rocío Sánchez-Carrión, Jose M. Tormos, Antonia Enseñat-Cantallops & Alberto García-Molina. (2022) Functional improvement in chronic stroke patients when following a supervised home-based computerized cognitive training. Brain Injury 36:12-14, pages 1349-1356.
Read now
Katarzyna Ewa Polanowska, Szczepan Iwański, Marcin Maciej Leśniak & Joanna Seniów. (2022) Computer-assisted training of executive functions in adult patients with non-progressive acquired brain damage – a pilot study on efficacy of a new therapeutic application. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult 0:0, pages 1-12.
Read now
Katrine Svaerke, Sandra Bruhn Pyke, Morten Tjoernlund, Frank Humle & Jesper Mogensen. (2022) Effects of computer-based cognitive rehabilitation on working memory in patients with acquired brain injury in the chronic phase, a pilot-study. Brain Injury 36:4, pages 503-513.
Read now
P. Rodríguez-Rajo, A. García-Rudolph, R. Sánchez-Carrión, C. Aparicio-López, A. Enseñat-Cantallops & A. García-Molina. (2022) Computerized social cognitive training in the subacute phase after traumatic brain injury: A quasi-randomized controlled trial. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult 0:0, pages 1-14.
Read now
María Luisa Rodríguez-Almendros, María José Rodríguez-Fórtiz, Miguel J. Hornos, José Samos-Jiménez, Carlos Rodríguez-Domínguez & Sandra Rute-Pérez. (2021) Design guide and usability questionnaire to develop and assess VIRTRAEL, a web-based cognitive training tool for the elderly. Behaviour & Information Technology 40:13, pages 1355-1374.
Read now
Laurijn R. Draaisma, Maximilian J. Wessel & Friedhelm C. Hummel. (2020) Neurotechnologies as tools for cognitive rehabilitation in stroke patients. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 20:12, pages 1249-1261.
Read now
Juliane Weicker, Nicole Hudl, Helmut Hildebrandt, Hellmuth Obrig, Magdalena Schwarzer, Arno Villringer & Angelika Thöne-Otto. (2020) The effect of high vs. low intensity neuropsychological treatment on working memory in patients with acquired brain injury. Brain Injury 34:8, pages 1051-1060.
Read now
Toni D. Withiel, Dana Wong, Jennie L. Ponsford, Dominique A. Cadilhac & Renerus J. Stolwyk. (2020) Feasibility and effectiveness of computerised cognitive training for memory dysfunction following stroke: A series of single case studies. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 30:5, pages 829-852.
Read now
M. M. Wentink, J. Meesters, M. A. M. Berger, A. J. de Kloet, E. Stevens, G. P. H. Band, C. H. Kromme, R. Wolterbeek, P. H. Goossens & T. P. M. Vliet Vlieland. (2018) Adherence of stroke patients with an online brain training program: the role of health professionals’ support. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 25:5, pages 359-365.
Read now
Claudia Kim Nyberg, Jan Egil Nordvik, Frank Becker, Darius A. Rohani, Donatas Sederevicius, Anders M. Fjell & Kristine B. Walhovd. (2018) A longitudinal study of computerized cognitive training in stroke patients – effects on cognitive function and white matter. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 25:4, pages 241-247.
Read now
Caroline M. van Heugten, Rudolf W. H. M. Ponds & Roy P.C. Kessels. (2016) Brain training: hype or hope?. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 26:5-6, pages 639-644.
Read now
M. M. Wentink, M. A. M. Berger, A. J. de Kloet, J. Meesters, G. P. H. Band, R. Wolterbeek, P. H. Goossens & T. P. M. Vliet Vlieland. (2016) The effects of an 8-week computer-based brain training programme on cognitive functioning, QoL and self-efficacy after stroke. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 26:5-6, pages 847-865.
Read now
Jonas Kristoffer Lindeløv, Jonas Olsen Dall, Casper Daniel Kristensen, Marie Holt Aagesen, Stine Almgren Olsen, Therese Ruud Snuggerud & Anna Sikorska. (2016) Training and transfer effects of N-back training for brain-injured and healthy subjects. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 26:5-6, pages 895-909.
Read now
Linda Sigmundsdottir, Wendy A. Longley & Robyn L. Tate. (2016) Computerised cognitive training in acquired brain injury: A systematic review of outcomes using the International Classification of Functioning (ICF). Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 26:5-6, pages 673-741.
Read now
Hanna Malmberg Gavelin, Carl-Johan Boraxbekk, Therese Stenlund, Lisbeth Slunga Järvholm & Anna Stigsdotter Neely. (2015) Effects of a process-based cognitive training intervention for patients with stress-related exhaustion. Stress 18:5, pages 578-588.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (53)

Claudia Corti, Viola Oldrati, Marta Papini, Sandra Strazzer, Geraldina Poggi, Romina Romaniello, Renato Borgatti, Cosimo Urgesi & Alessandra Bardoni. (2023) Randomized clinical trial on the effects of a computerized cognitive training for pediatric patients with acquired brain injury or congenital malformation. Scientific Reports 13:1.
Crossref
Jiangyue Hong, Yi Su, Jinghan Wang, Xuejing Xu, Wei Qu, Hongzhen Fan, Yunlong Tan, Zhiren Wang, Yanli Zhao & Shuping Tan. (2023) Association between video gaming time and cognitive functions: A cross-sectional study of Chinese children and adolescents. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 84, pages 103584.
Crossref
P. Azouvi & C. Vallat-Azouvi. 2023. Remédiation Cognitive. Remédiation Cognitive 467 485 .
Guideline Development Panel, Jessica Brown, Darryl Kaelin, Erin Mattingly, Catherine Mello, E. Sam Miller, Gina Mitchell, Linda M. Picon, Brigid Waldron-Perine, Timothy J. Wolf, Tobi Frymark & Rebecca Bowen. (2022) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Clinical Practice Guideline: Cognitive Rehabilitation for the Management of Cognitive Dysfunction Associated With Acquired Brain Injury. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 31:6, pages 2455-2526.
Crossref
Yaser Farahmandi Najafabadi, Minoo Kalantari, Ashkan Irani, Aliyeh Daryabor & Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban. (2022) Combined Effect of Repetitive Transcableranial Magnetic Stimulation and Cognitive Rehabilitation on Working Memory of Patients with Chronic Stroke. Middle East Journal of Rehabilitation and Health Studies 9:3.
Crossref
Yaser Farahmandi Najafabadi, Minoo Kalantari, Ashkan Irani, Aliyeh Daryabor & Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban. (2022) Combined Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Cognitive Rehabilitation on Working Memory of Patients with Chronic Stroke. Middle East Journal of Rehabilitation and Health Studies 9:3.
Crossref
Elizabeth Gibson, Chia-Lin Koh, Sally Eames, Sally Bennett, Anna Mae Scott & Tammy C Hoffmann. (2022) Occupational therapy for cognitive impairment in stroke patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2022:3.
Crossref
He Youze, Yang Ting, Bao Yaqi, Xiao Tianshen, Wu Tiecheng & Wu Jingsong. (2021) Computer aided self-regulation learning and cognitive training improve generalization ability of patients with poststroke cognitive impairment. Scientific Reports 11:1.
Crossref
Elisabeth Åkerlund, Katharina S. Sunnerhagen & Hanna C. Persson. (2021) Fatigue after acquired brain injury impacts health-related quality of life: an exploratory cohort study. Scientific Reports 11:1.
Crossref
Gerald T. Voelbel, Hannah M. Lindsey, Giulia Mercuri, Tamara Bushnik & Joseph Rath. (2021) The effects of neuroplasticity-based auditory information processing remediation in adults with chronic traumatic brain injury. NeuroRehabilitation 49:2, pages 267-278.
Crossref
Alice Grinberg, Dakota A. Egglefield, Sophie Schiff, Jeffrey N. Motter & Joel R. Sneed. (2021) Computerized Cognitive Training: A Review of Mechanisms, Methodological Considerations, and Application to Research in Depression. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement 5:3, pages 359-371.
Crossref
Vincenza Tarantino, Francesca Burgio, Roberta Toffano, Elena Rigon, Francesca Meneghello, Luca Weis & Antonino Vallesi. (2021) Efficacy of a Training on Executive Functions in Potentiating Rehabilitation Effects in Stroke Patients. Brain Sciences 11:8, pages 1002.
Crossref
Sudhi Kulshrestha, Manju Agrawal, Ajai K. Singh & Dinkar Kulshreshtha. (2020) Post Stroke Rehabilitation Using Computer-based Cognitive Intervention (CBCI): A Systematic Review. Current Psychiatry Research and Reviews 16:2, pages 93-102.
Crossref
Miriam Niemeijer, Katrine Wordenskjold Sværke & Hanne Krarup Christensen. (2020) The Effects of Computer Based Cognitive Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients with Working Memory Impairment: A Systematic Review. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 29:12, pages 105265.
Crossref
Sara Assecondi, Rong Hu, Gail Eskes, Michelle Read, Chris Griffiths & Kim Shapiro. (2020) BRAINSTORMING: A study protocol for a randomised double-blind clinical trial to assess the impact of concurrent brain stimulation (tDCS) and working memory training on cognitive performance in Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). BMC Psychology 8:1.
Crossref
Hee-Tae Jung, Jean-Francois Daneault, Tenzin Nanglo, Hyunsuk Lee, Byeongil Kim, Yangsoo Kim & Sunghoon Ivan Lee. (2020) Effectiveness of a Serious Game for Cognitive Training in Chronic Stroke Survivors with Mild-to-Moderate Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Applied Sciences 10:19, pages 6703.
Crossref
Taylor A. Liberta, Michiru Kagiwada, Kaylee Ho, Jessica Spat-Lemus, Gerald Voelbel, Aviva Kohn, Kenneth Perrine, Lawrence Josephs, Erin A. McLean & Amanda Sacks-Zimmerman. (2020) An investigation of Cogmed working memory training for neurological surgery patients. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery 21, pages 100786.
Crossref
Rodrigo Fernández López & Adoración Antolí. (2020) Computer-based cognitive interventions in acquired brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PLOS ONE 15:7, pages e0235510.
Crossref
Ta-Chuan Yeh, Wu-Chien Chien, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Chih-Sung Liang, Hsin-An Chang, Yu-Chen Kao, Hui-Wen Yeh, Yun-Ju Yang & Nian-Sheng Tzeng. (2020) Psychiatric Disorders After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study and the Effects of Rehabilitation Therapies. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 101:5, pages 822-831.
Crossref
Viola Oldrati, Claudia Corti, Geraldina Poggi, Renato Borgatti, Cosimo Urgesi & Alessandra Bardoni. (2020) Effectiveness of Computerized Cognitive Training Programs (CCTP) with Game-like Features in Children with or without Neuropsychological Disorders: a Meta-Analytic Investigation. Neuropsychology Review 30:1, pages 126-141.
Crossref
Claudia Corti, Cosimo Urgesi, Geraldina Poggi, Sandra Strazzer, Renato Borgatti & Alessandra Bardoni. (2020) Home-based cognitive training in pediatric patients with acquired brain injury: preliminary results on efficacy of a randomized clinical trial. Scientific Reports 10:1.
Crossref
S.J. Brooks, S. Funk, C. Rabier & H.B. Schiöth. 2020. Cognition and Addiction. Cognition and Addiction 243 270 .
Anne Sophie Champod, Gail A. Eskes & A. M. Barrett. 2020. Neurovascular Neuropsychology. Neurovascular Neuropsychology 415 463 .
Mi Joo Choi, Hana Kim, Hyun-Wook Nah & Dong-Wha Kang. (2019) Digital Therapeutics: Emerging New Therapy for Neurologic Deficits after Stroke. Journal of Stroke 21:3, pages 242-258.
Crossref
Keith D. Cicerone, Yelena Goldin, Keith Ganci, Amy Rosenbaum, Jennifer V. Wethe, Donna M. Langenbahn, James F. Malec, Thomas F. Bergquist, Kristine Kingsley, Drew Nagele, Lance Trexler, Michael Fraas, Yelena Bogdanova & J. Preston Harley. (2019) Evidence-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation: Systematic Review of the Literature From 2009 Through 2014. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 100:8, pages 1515-1533.
Crossref
Susan E. Gathercole, Darren L. Dunning, Joni Holmes & Dennis Norris. (2019) Working memory training involves learning new skills. Journal of Memory and Language 105, pages 19-42.
Crossref
Michael W. Hoffmann. 2019. Assembly of the Executive Mind. Assembly of the Executive Mind 154 191 .
. 2019. Cognitive Rehabilitation of Memory. Cognitive Rehabilitation of Memory 183 194 .
Helmut Hildebrandt. 2019. Cognitive Rehabilitation of Memory. Cognitive Rehabilitation of Memory 71 147 .
Nikita Sood, Celia Godfrey, Vicki Anderson & Cathy Catroppa. (2018) Rehabilitation of Executive function in Paediatric Traumatic brain injury (REPeaT): protocol for a randomized controlled trial for treating working memory and decision-making. BMC Pediatrics 18:1.
Crossref
David J. Harris, Mark R. Wilson & Samuel J. Vine. (2018) A Systematic Review of Commercial Cognitive Training Devices: Implications for Use in Sport. Frontiers in Psychology 9.
Crossref
Renate M. van de Ven, Jaap M. J. Murre, Jessika I. V. Buitenweg, Dick J. Veltman, Justine A. Aaronson, Tanja C. W. Nijboer, Suzanne J. C. Kruiper-Doesborgh, Coen A. M. van Bennekom, K. Richard Ridderinkhof & Ben Schmand. (2017) The influence of computer-based cognitive flexibility training on subjective cognitive well-being after stroke: A multi-center randomized controlled trial. PLOS ONE 12:11, pages e0187582.
Crossref
Peter Knapp, C. Alexia Campbell Burton, John Holmes, Jenni Murray, David Gillespie, C. Elizabeth Lightbody, Caroline L Watkins, Ho-Yan Y Chun & Sharon R Lewis. (2017) Interventions for treating anxiety after stroke. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017:5.
Crossref
Mahsa Sadeghi, Emily Barlow-Krelina, Clare Gibbons, Komal T. Shaikh, Wai Lun Alan Fung, Wendy S. Meschino & Christine Till. (2017) Feasibility of computerized working memory training in individuals with Huntington disease. PLOS ONE 12:4, pages e0176429.
Crossref
Jonas K. Lindeløv, Rikke Overgaard & Morten Overgaard. (2017) Improving working memory performance in brain-injured patients using hypnotic suggestion. Brain 140:4, pages 1100-1106.
Crossref
Joyce A. Kootker, Sascha M.C. Rasquin, Frederik C. Lem, Caroline M. van Heugten, Luciano Fasotti & Alexander C.H. Geurts. (2017) Augmented Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Poststroke Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 98:4, pages 687-694.
Crossref
Renate M. van de Ven, Jessika I. V. Buitenweg, Ben Schmand, Dick J. Veltman, Justine A. Aaronson, Tanja C. W. Nijboer, Suzanne J. C. Kruiper-Doesborgh, Coen A. M. van Bennekom, Sascha M. C. Rasquin, K. Richard Ridderinkhof & Jaap M. J. Murre. (2017) Brain training improves recovery after stroke but waiting list improves equally: A multicenter randomized controlled trial of a computer-based cognitive flexibility training. PLOS ONE 12:3, pages e0172993.
Crossref
Linda Chang, Gro C. Løhaugen, Tamara Andres, Caroline S. Jiang, Vanessa Douet, Naomi Tanizaki, Christina Walker, Deborrah Castillo, Ahnate Lim, Jon Skranes, Chad Otoshi, Eric N. Miller & Thomas M. Ernst. (2017) Adaptive working memory training improved brain function in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive patients. Annals of Neurology 81:1, pages 17-34.
Crossref
Natalie Lynette PhillipsAnna MandalisSuzanne BensonLouise ParryAdrienne EppsAngie MorrowSuncica Lah. (2016) Computerized Working Memory Training for Children with Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Journal of Neurotrauma 33:23, pages 2097-2104.
Crossref
Yelena Bogdanova, Megan K. Yee, Vivian T. Ho & Keith D. Cicerone. (2016) Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation of Attention and Executive Function in Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 31:6, pages 419-433.
Crossref
Daniel J. Simons, Walter R. Boot, Neil Charness, Susan E. Gathercole, Christopher F. Chabris, David Z. Hambrick & Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow. (2016) Do “Brain-Training” Programs Work?. Psychological Science in the Public Interest 17:3, pages 103-186.
Crossref
Roshan das Nair, Heather Cogger, Esme Worthington & Nadina B Lincoln. (2016) Cognitive rehabilitation for memory deficits after stroke. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016:9.
Crossref
Renate M. van de Ven, Jaap M. J. Murre, Dick J. Veltman & Ben A. Schmand. (2016) Computer-Based Cognitive Training for Executive Functions after Stroke: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 10.
Crossref
Laurent Wiart, Jacques Luauté, Angélique Stefan, David Plantier & Julia Hamonet. (2016) Non pharmacological treatments for psychological and behavioural disorders following traumatic brain injury (TBI). A systematic literature review and expert opinion leading to recommendations. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 59:1, pages 31-41.
Crossref
Samantha A. Sprague, Matthew T. McBee & Eric W. Sellers. (2016) The effects of working memory on brain–computer interface performance. Clinical Neurophysiology 127:2, pages 1331-1341.
Crossref
Amber de Wilde, Hans M. Koot & Pol A. C. van Lier. (2015) Developmental Links Between Children’s Working Memory and their Social Relations with Teachers and Peers in the Early School Years. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 44:1, pages 19-30.
Crossref
Sandra Rute-Pérez, Carlos Rodríguez-Domínguez, María José Rodríguez-Fórtiz, María Visitación Hurtado-Torres & Alfonso Caracuel. 2016. Computers Helping People with Special Needs. Computers Helping People with Special Needs 530 536 .
Pablo Martín Cassanelli, María Laura Cladouchos, Georgina Fernández Macedo, Laura Sifonios, Laura Inés Giaccardi, María Laura Gutiérrez, María Clara Gravielle & Silvia Wikinski. (2015) Working memory training triggers delayed chromatin remodeling in the mouse corticostriatothalamic circuit. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 60, pages 93-103.
Crossref
Jeffrey S. Wefel, Shelli R. Kesler, Kyle R. Noll & Sanne B. Schagen. (2015) Clinical characteristics, pathophysiology, and management of noncentral nervous system cancer-related cognitive impairment in adults. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians 65:2, pages 123-138.
Crossref
Carrie A. Des Roches, Isabel Balachandran, Elsa M. Ascenso, Yorghos Tripodis & Swathi Kiran. (2015) Effectiveness of an impairment-based individualized rehabilitation program using an iPad-based software platform. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8.
Crossref
Lovisa Hellgren, Kersti Samuelsson, Anna Lundqvist & Björn Börsbo. (2015) Computerized Training of Working Memory for Patients with Acquired Brain Injury. Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 03:02, pages 46-55.
Crossref
Joshua Sandry, John DeLuca & Nancy Chiaravalloti. (2014) Working memory capacity links cognitive reserve with long-term memory in moderate to severe TBI: a translational approach. Journal of Neurology 262:1, pages 59-64.
Crossref
Lauriane A. Spreij, Johanna M. A. Visser-Meily, Caroline M. van Heugten & Tanja C. W. Nijboer. (2014) Novel insights into the rehabilitation of memory post acquired brain injury: a systematic review. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 8.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.