[Formula: see text] Does training working memory or inhibitory control produce far-transfer improvements in set shifting for children with ADHD? A randomized controlled trial.

Autor: Irwin Harper LN; Florida State University, Department of Psychology., Groves NB; Florida State University, Department of Psychology., Marsh CL; Florida State University, Department of Psychology., Cole AM; Florida State University, Department of Psychology., Kofler MJ; Florida State University, Department of Psychology.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence [Child Neuropsychol] 2023 Jul; Vol. 29 (5), pp. 825-845. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 04.
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2022.2138301
Abstrakt: Children with ADHD show impairments in set shifting task performance. However, the limited available evidence suggests that directly training shifting may not improve shifting performance in this population. We hypothesized that this incongruence may be because impairments exhibited by children with ADHD during shifting tasks are due to deficits in other executive functions, as shifting tasks also engage children's working memory and/or inhibitory control abilities. This randomized controlled trial examined the extent to which neurocognitive training of working memory vs. inhibitory control can produce downstream (far-transfer) improvements in set shifting task performance. Children with ADHD ages 8-12 ( M = 10.41, SD = 1.46; 12 girls; 74% White/Non-Hispanic) were randomized to either central executive training (CET; n = 25) or inhibitory control training (ICT; n = 29), two next-generation digital therapeutics previously shown to improve their intended neurocognitive targets. Two criterion set shifting tests were administered at pre- and post-treatment. Results indicated that ICT was superior to CET for improving shifting accuracy (treatmentxtime: p = .03, BF 10 = 3.01, η 2 = .09, d = 0.63). ICT was also superior to CET for improving shifting speed, albeit on only one of the two outcome tasks ( p = .02, BF 10 = 4.53, η 2 = .08, d = 0.59). CET did not produce improvements in shifting speed or accuracy on either task ( p > .52, BF 01 > 2.62), but showed evidence for more general (non-shifting-specific) improvement in response times on one of the outcome tasks (shift trials, d = 0.70; non-shift trials, d = 0.68). Taken together, these findings confirm that inhibitory control is important for successful performance on shifting tests, and suggest that training inhibitory control may reflect a method for improving set shifting difficulties in children with ADHD.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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