[PDF] Top 20 Working memory and processing speed training in schizophrenia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... current study include that two more specific training program are being utilized, which will provide more specific information on the mechanisms of training-related gains than the broad-based ... See full document

... Exclusion criteria for all subjects are: (1) history of co- morbid psychiatric illness that might confound the ana- lysis of the study (e.g., schizophrenia, obsessive- compulsive disorder, major depression, ... See full document

... The study is a single-center, phase II, double-blind, ran- domized, active controlled trial, with minimized allo- cation of participants to one of two groups (Figure ...adaptive working ... See full document

... identifying, processing, and selecting one course of action from mul- tiple alternatives ...information processing [30, 31], and to somatic marker hy- pothesis [32], with less research on process tracing ... See full document

... Auditory training has been used for many years as a rehabilitative intervention for people with hearing ...Auditory training has been shown to result in improved performance for the trained task, for ... See full document

... that training of working memory also induces neurobiological changes such as increased activity in the prefrontal cortex and the parietal lobe ...of working memory training to ... See full document

... cognitive training to optimize the performance of exist- ing functions and to decrease the risk of cognitive im- ...have memory complaints have been shown in multiple studies ...nitive training on ... See full document

... experimental study has directly tested this mediation ef- ...while processing negative information buffers against negative ef- fects of a subsequent rumination induction procedure ...Moreover, ... See full document

... control training will be conducted using a computerized self-adaption training pattern ...maximum). Training tasks which were effectively used in previous studies will be adopted [36], including ... See full document

... WM training have been reported in diverse clinical groups, including children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), as well as pre- school children and youths born preterm with very low birth ... See full document

... cognitive training software packages, enabling focus on various cognitive areas that need to be trained [32], which has shown excellent results in clinical prac- tice with no major negative effects reported ... See full document

... be controlled in two ...the study coordin- ator, who will verify that the data collection is exhaustive by comparing the number of eligible patients from the delivery register and the hospital’s surgical ... See full document

... On the other hand, trials on computerized attention training have not yet aimed at integrating them into standard CBT. This may be because bias modification programs were primarily developed to prove the causal ... See full document

... This study uses a form of cluster randomized design in which patients cannot chose to be randomized or not because randomization has taken place at the GP ...the study (not be screened and not ... See full document

... the study process and works with the university’s independ- ent Medical Process and Patient Safety ...All study partici- pants are covered throughout the trial by ...a study doctor to discuss ... See full document

... training study, which will be twice as long (20 weeks) as the longest previous study (10 weeks) to explore the ef- fects on specific measures of blood pressure and other relevant ...home ... See full document

... Sound Training for Attention and Memory (STAM), applicato in uno studio controllato ma non randomizzato (CCT) e in uno controllato ran- domizzato in singolo cieco che hanno evidenziato un miglioramento ... See full document

... Volumetric analysis of the white matter lesions will be performed at a laboratory equipped with FSL (http://www. fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl) and Analyze (http://www.analyzedirect. com) software packages. A semi-automated ... See full document

... Skills Training (CBSST) [17, 33, 34] integrates CBT [35–38] and SST [39, 40] ...consumers randomized to CBSST throughout the 18-month ...present study is not aimed ... See full document

... the study can be that outcomes mea- sured are sensitive to interpretation, hence a challenge to ...the study can strengthen the analysis and take up this ...evaluation study the quantita- tive ... See full document