An Investigation of the Changes on Working Memory and Processing Speed in Children Enrolled at LearningRX

The purpose of this research is to investigate a face-to-face cognitive training program through LearningRX, a company that provides individualized cognitive skills training. The goal was to evaluate changes in working memory (WM) and processing speed (PS) within six to eight weeks, or 30 hours of the intervention. A sample of ten children and adolescents between 8 and 14 years participating in training. A WM and a PS subtest were administered at pre-testing, and a different WM and PS subtest were administered at post-testing. Two separate one-way ANOV As were run to examine if changes in the mean were statistically significant. Scores for WM and PS did now show a statistically significant change from pre- to post-test. While these findings are not statistically significant, the efficacy of the program through LearningRX should be further investigated, especially though completion of the program and to identify if gains can be demonstrated and maintained.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Health Psychology

Grantor

Texas State University

Year dc:date.issued

2015

Author dc:creator

• Yglesias, Ariana N.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Etherton, Joseph L.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Oberle, Crystal
• Shirley, Ogletree M.

• children
• working memory
• processing speed

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10877/5533

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.txst.edu:10877/5533