Cognitive Interventions with Children with Special Needs - Transfer effects and multidisciplinary perspectives

Perrig, Walter; Studer-Luethi, Barbara; Törmänen, Minna; Mendelowitsch, Sarah; von Dach, Christa; Wyss, Harro Arthur; Kodzhabashev, Stefan Tiholov; Margelisch, Katja (2012). Cognitive Interventions with Children with Special Needs - Transfer effects and multidisciplinary perspectives (Unpublished). In: 8th Annual Meeting of the Clinical Neuroscience Berne. University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern. 04.12.2012..

Our last study with regularly developed children demonstrated a positive effect of working memory training on cognitive abilities. Building upon these findings, the aim of this multidisciplinary study is to investigate the effects of training of core functions with children who are suffering from different learning disabilities, like AD/HD, developmental dyslexia or specific language impairment. In addition to working memory training (BrainTwister), we apply a perceptual training, which concentrates on auditory-visual matching (Audilex), as well as an implicit concept learning task. We expect differential improvements of mental capacities, specifically of executive functions (working memory, attention, auditory and visual processing), scholastic abilities (language and mathematical skills), as well as of problem solving. With that, we hope to find further directions regarding helpful and individually adapted interventions in educational settings.
Interested parties are invited to discuss and comment the design, the research question, and the possibilities in recruiting the subjects.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > Center for Cognition, Learning and Memory (CCLM)
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Psychiatric Neurophysiology [discontinued]
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Psychological and Behavioral Health

UniBE Contributor:

Perrig, Walter, Studer, Barbara, Törmänen, Minna, Mendelowitsch, Sarah, von Dach, Christa, Wyss, Harro Arthur, Kodzhabashev, Stefan Tiholov, Margelisch, Katja

Subjects:

100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

Language:

English

Submitter:

Anette van Dorland

Date Deposited:

12 Aug 2014 09:40

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:36

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/57878

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