The ability to focus attention is important for succeeding in school, work, and daily life.
Cogmed is an effective program for improving attention.
What is Cogmed?
Cogmed is an evidence-based, digital training program developed by leading cognitive neuroscientists. It is specifically designed to target and enhance working memory – the mental workspace responsible for retaining and processing information. With a strong working memory, your child will be better equipped to manage the symptoms of attention deficit, resulting in improved focus and better capacity to handle the demands of school and life.
Benefits of Cogmed
Improved Working Memory Capacity
Cogmed has been shown to significantly improve working memory, enabling children to store and process information more effectively.
Enhanced attention and focus
As working memory improves, children can concentrate more easily, enabling better academic performance and overall functioning.
Increased self-confidence
With improved cognitive skills, children feel more capable and confident, enabling them to excel in various aspects of their lives.
Effects that last
Research shows that the benefits of Cogmed training are maintained and sometimes even improve for up to 12 months, providing children with long-term improvements in their cognitive abilities.
How does it work?
Through engaging and interactive exercises, Cogmed targets the key cognitive processes responsible for working memory and attention. The program automatically adapts to each child's unique needs, ensuring continuous challenge and growth over time.
Our qualified Cogmed Coach will guide your child through an individualized training program that features:
Flexible protocols
Tailor the practice to suit your needs with 25-50 minutes of training, 3-5 days per week, for 5-13 weeks.Weekly check-ins
Receive feedback, support and guidance from your Coach to help your child grow.Post-training follow up
Personalized follow-up to evaluate results, and support the integration of effects in daily life.
“Brain Training” vs. Cogmed
Treating Inattention in Children
Inattention is one of the most common symptoms encountered in clinical psychological evaluations. It is manifested as an inability to focus, to keep instructions in mind or to plan ahead. The inattentive child has problems focusing on the content while reading and to keep on-task in class or during homework. This impairs the ability to learn and lead to academic failures.
Symptoms of inattention are the core cognitive symptoms in ADHD and ADD. Inattention is also frequently present in other neurodevelopmental disorders and in many children born prematurely.
Cogmed is the most effective and well researched digital therapeutic to improve attention. There is a strong connection between attention and working memory and by improving working memory, attention in everyday life is also improved.
Cogmed is a method based on the principles of neuroplasticity, specifically targeting the fronto-parietal networks for attention and working memory, as reported in high-impact, scientific journals 1, 2.
The enhancement of attention has been demonstrated in several randomized, controlled studies, by independent research groups3,4,5. These studies show clinically meaningful, long lasting effects using standardized rating scales. The effect on attention and working memory is larger than the cognitive improvement from pharmacological ADHD-treatments and improves cognition more than cardiovascular fitness training does.
Cogmed entails 5-7 weeks of computerized training. In order to boost motivation and ensure compliance and high quality, the training is supported by a coach. This is typically a person with a clinical license, such as a psychologist, occupational therapist or speech therapist. In addition to a 30-45 min meeting at the start and end of the training, the coach monitors the training progress online, and makes regular check-ins, typically consisting of a 5-15 min video chat.
For more information, go to www.cogmed.com
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McNab, F., et al. (2009). "Changes in cortical dopamine D1 receptor binding associated with cognitive training." Science 323(5915): 800-802.
Bigorra A, Garolera M, Guijarro S, Hervas A (2015) Long-term far-transfer effects of working memory training in children with ADHD: a randomized controlled trial. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry.
Beck SJ, Hanson CA, Puffenberger SS, Benninger KL, Benninger WB (2010) A controlled trial of working memory training for children and adolescents with ADHD. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 39:825-836.
For more research references, see www.cogmed.com/research