Impact of an Individualized Cognitive Training Intervention in Preschoolers from Poor Homes.

ABSTRACT: Over the last few decades, different interventions were shown to be effective in changing cognitive performance in preschoolers from poor homes undertaking tasks with executive demands. However, this evidence also showed that not all children included in the intervention groups equally increased their performance levels, which could be related to individual and contextual variability. The present study aimed to explore the impact of a computerized cognitive training intervention with lab-based tasks in preschoolers from Unsatisfied Basic Needs (UBN) homes under the consideration of their baseline performance. In the context of a randomized controlled trial design, different interventions were administered to children according to their baseline performance in a variety of cognitive tasks (

SUBMITTER: Giovannetti F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7215356 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature