Effectiveness of One-on-One Brain Training on Memory and Processing Speed
Doctoral Dissertation Examines the Effectiveness of One-on-One Brain Training on Memory and Processing Speed in Adolescents
In his doctoral dissertation, Brian Pfister studied the scores of 1,277 adolescents, tested before and after cognitive rehabilitation therapy, to determine what kind of impact the cognitive exercises had on students’ working memory and processing speed. The cognitive rehabilitation therapy in which the students participated was LearningRx one-on-one brain training. Students were tested before and after LearningRx brain training using the Woodcock Johnson III, a third-party, standardized cognitive skills assessment used by psychologists, educators and other professionals across the nation. Pfister’s findings were that, in the students studied, LearningRx brain training improved processing speed by an average of 15 percentile points, and also increased age-equivalency scores by 2.27 years. In working memory, the gains were even greater: LearningRx brain training improved working memory by an average of 21 percentile points, and the increase in age equivalence was 3.34 years. In his conclusion, Pfister writes, “This study definitely answers the question as to whether cognitive rehabilitation therapy works. The answer is an emphatic ‘yes.’” Download the full study here:
http://www.learningrx.com/downloads/dissertation-2012-pfister-final-pdf.pdf
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