Cogmed - Wikipedia

Cogmed is a cognitive training software program created in the lab of Torkel Klingberg, a neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute. Cogmed FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch CogmedIndustryCognitivetrainingFounded2001 (2001)inStockholm,Sweden[1]ProductsCogmedWorkingMemoryTrainingParentNeuralAssemblyIntABWebsitecogmed.com CogmedisacognitivetrainingsoftwareprogramcreatedinthelabofTorkelKlingberg,aneuroscientistattheKarolinskaInstitute.Dr.KlingbergwasusingittopresentworkingmemorychallengestopeoplewhilehestudiedtheirbrainsusingfMRI,totrytolearnaboutneuroplasticity.[1][2]Whenthestudiesappearedtoshowthatthechallengesimprovedworkingmemory,KlingbergfoundedCogmedin2001,withfinancialbackingfromtheKarolinskaInstituteandventurecapitalists.[2][3] Cogmed'sinitialmarketingwasfocusedonhelpingpeoplewithattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorderandexpandedtootherimpairmentsofworkingmemory,suchaspersonswithlearningdisabilities,andpeoplewhohadastrokeorothertraumaticbraininjury.[1][3][4] In2010,CogmedwaspurchasedbyPearsonEducationandbecameapartofthePearsonClinicalAssessmentGroup.[5][6]Karolinskareceived22mSEKanddouble-digitroyaltiesaspartofthetransaction.[7]In2019,Cogmedwastransferredbacktotheoriginalfounders.[8] A2012meta-analysisof23researchstudiesonsevendifferentcommercialandnon-commercialworkingmemorytrainingtechniques(includingCogmed)foundthat"workingmemorytrainingprogramsgiveonlynear-transfereffects,andthereisnoconvincingevidencethatevensuchnear-transfereffectsaredurable."[9]Another2012reviewofCogmedfoundthatmanyoftheproblem-solvingortrainingtaskspresentedinCogmedarenotrelatedtoworkingmemory,thatmanyoftheattentiontasksareunrelatedtoADHD,andthatthereislimitedtransfertoreal-lifemanifestationsofattentiondeficits,concluding"TheonlyunequivocalstatementthatcanbemadeisthatCogmedwillimproveperformanceontasksthatresembleCogmedtraining."[10] Intheyearsfollowing,severalindependentresearchgroupshavepublishedstudiessupportingtheoriginalfindings,andshowingthatCogmedimprovesworkingmemoryandattentioninchildrenwithADHD,[11][12]childrenpostcancertreatment,[13][14][15]andstrokepatients.[16][17] ThelargestCogmedstudytodate(arandomized,controlledtrialbyindependentresearchers,includingcloseto600typicallydevelopingchildren)foundthatCogmedtrainingledtoimprovementsin“geometryskills,readingskills,Raven’sfluidIQmeasure,theabilitytoinhibitprepotentimpulsesandself-regulationabilities”.[18]Thestudyalsofoundthat,“3–4yearsaftertheintervention,thechildrenwhoreceivedtraining[had]aroughly16percentagepointshigherprobabilityofenteringtheacademictrackinsecondaryschool”.[18] Thecompany'smarketingeffortshavebeendescribedinpopularmedia.[19]A2013articleinTheNewYorkermagazinesaidthatbraintraininggamesare"bogus."[1][6]AlaterreviewinPNASarguedthatthequestion“doescognitivetrainingwork”issimilartoasking“doesmedicinecuredisease”,andsuggestedthatinordertodeterminethevalidityofthequestion,oneneedstospecifywhichtypeofcognitivetraining,forwhichgroupandforwhichpurpose.[20] Seealso[edit] Braintraining References[edit] ^abcdMichaelFitzgerald(2014-10-09)."Dobraingameswork?".TheBostonGlobe. ^abKenward,Michael(5December2007)."TorkelKlingberg:Morethanjustacomputergame".ScienceBusiness. ^abSinha,Gunjan(2005-07-11)."TrainingtheBrain".ScientificAmerican. ^"CogmedClaimsandEvidence"(PDF).cogmed.com.PearsonEducation.2014-06-18.Retrieved26May2015.: 5  ^"Pressrelease:PsychCorpAnnouncesAcquisitionofCogmed".Pearson.July14,2010. ^abGarethCook(2013-04-05)."BrainGamesareBogus".TheNewYorker. ^"AnnualReport2010"(PDF).KarolinskaDevelopment.p. 59. ^admin."TorkelKlingberg".Klingberglab.Retrieved2022-04-05. ^Melby-LervagM,HulmeC;Hulme(2012)."IsWorkingMemoryTrainingEffective?AMeta-AnalyticReview"(PDF).DevelopmentalPsychology.49(2):270–291.doi:10.1037/a0028228.PMID 22612437. ^Shipstead,Z;Hicks,K;Engle,RW(2012)."Cogmedworkingmemorytraining:Doestheevidencesupporttheclaims?".JournalofAppliedResearchinMemoryandCognition.1(3):185–193.doi:10.1016/j.jarmac.2012.06.003. ^Egeland,Jens;Aarlien,AnneKristine;Saunes,Brit-Kari(2013)."FeweffectsoffartransferofworkingmemorytraininginADHD:arandomizedcontrolledtrial".PLOSONE.8(10):e75660.Bibcode:2013PLoSO...875660E.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075660.ISSN 1932-6203.PMC 3790857.PMID 24124503. ^Bigorra,Aitana;Garolera,Maite;Guijarro,Silvina;Hervás,Amaia(2016)."Long-termfar-transfereffectsofworkingmemorytraininginchildrenwithADHD:arandomizedcontrolledtrial".EuropeanChild&AdolescentPsychiatry.25(8):853–867.doi:10.1007/s00787-015-0804-3.ISSN 1435-165X.PMID 26669692.S2CID 22989315. ^Conklin,HeatherM.;Ashford,JasonM.;Clark,KellieN.;Martin-Elbahesh,Karen;Hardy,KristinaK.;Merchant,ThomasE.;Ogg,RobertJ.;Jeha,Sima;Huang,Lu;Zhang,Hui(2016-06-24)."Long-TermEfficacyofComputerizedCognitiveTrainingAmongSurvivorsofChildhoodCancer:ASingle-BlindRandomizedControlledTrial".JournalofPediatricPsychology.42(2):220–231.doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsw057.ISSN 0146-8693.PMC 5896595.PMID 27342301. ^Conklin,HeatherM.;Ogg,RobertJ.;Ashford,JasonM.;Scoggins,MatthewA.;Zou,Ping;Clark,KellieN.;Martin-Elbahesh,Karen;Hardy,KristinaK.;Merchant,ThomasE.;Jeha,Sima;Huang,Lu(2015-11-20)."ComputerizedCognitiveTrainingforAmeliorationofCognitiveLateEffectsAmongChildhoodCancerSurvivors:ARandomizedControlledTrial".JournalofClinicalOncology.33(33):3894–3902.doi:10.1200/JCO.2015.61.6672.ISSN 0732-183X.PMC 4652013.PMID 26460306. ^Carlson-Green,Bonnie;Puig,Jennifer;Bendel,Anne(2017-06-01)."Feasibilityandefficacyofanextendedtrialofhome-basedworkingmemorytrainingforpediatricbraintumorsurvivors:apilotstudy".Neuro-OncologyPractice.4(2):111–120.doi:10.1093/nop/npw015.ISSN 2054-2577.PMC 6655366.PMID 31385985. ^Åkerlund,Elisabeth;Esbjörnsson,Eva;Sunnerhagen,KatharinaS.;Björkdahl,Ann(2013)."Cancomputerizedworkingmemorytrainingimproveimpairedworkingmemory,cognitionandpsychologicalhealth?".BrainInjury.27(13–14):1649–1657.doi:10.3109/02699052.2013.830195.ISSN 0269-9052.PMID 24087909.S2CID 24676863. ^Peers,PollyV.;Astle,DuncanE.;Duncan,John;Murphy,FionnualaC.;Hampshire,Adam;Das,Tilak;Manly,Tom(2020)."Dissociableeffectsofattentionvsworkingmemorytrainingoncognitiveperformanceandeverydayfunctioningfollowingfronto-parietalstrokes".NeuropsychologicalRehabilitation.30(6):1092–1114.doi:10.1080/09602011.2018.1554534.ISSN 1464-0694.PMC 7266670.PMID 30569816. ^abBerger,EvaM.;Fehr,Ernst;Hermes,Henning;Schunk,Daniel;Winkel,Kirsten(2020-06-09)."TheImpactofWorkingMemoryTrainingonChildren'sCognitiveandNoncognitiveSkills".Rochester,NY.SSRN 3622985.{{citejournal}}:Citejournalrequires|journal=(help) ^Hurley,Dan(31October2012)."TheBrainTrainers".NewYorkTimes. ^Katz,Benjamin;Shah,Priti;Meyer,DavidE.(2018-10-02)."Howtoplay20questionswithnatureandlose:Reflectionson100yearsofbrain-trainingresearch".ProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.115(40):9897–9904.doi:10.1073/pnas.1617102114.ISSN 0027-8424.PMC 6176639.PMID 30275315. 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