Working Memory Training in College Students With ADHD/LD
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (auditory verbal working memory measure)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The overall objective of the current study is to determine whether computerized Working Memory (WM) training will enhance WM capacity in college students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)/Learning Disabilities (LD). There are also three additional objectives. The first is to determine whether improvements in WM will generalize to secondary outcome tasks, such as inhibitory control and planning. The second objective is to examine whether WM training will also ameliorate ADHD symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity. The last objective is to investigate whether improvements will be maintained at a two month follow-up period.
It is expected that the computerized WM training program will enhance WM capacity in college students with ADHD. In addition, it is believed that these increases in WM capacity will also lead to improvements in other executive functions. It is also hypothesized that WM training will lead to a reduction in ADHD symptomology. Lastly, these improvements should be maintained at three month follow-up.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 35 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Diagnosis of ADHD/Learning Disability
- •registered as a university student (full or part time)
- •registered at accessibilities services
- •taking at least one course
Exclusion Criteria
- •On a leave
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (auditory verbal working memory measure)
Time Frame: within 120 days
Secondary Outcomes
- Cognitive Failures Questionnaire(within 120 days)