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Susan Gathercole

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Lau R, Anderson P, Gathercole S, Wiley J, Spencer-Smith M
Child Dev . 2024 Oct; 96(2):508-526. PMID: 39441044
Most cognitive training programs are adaptive, despite limited direct evidence that this maximizes children's outcomes. This randomized controlled trial evaluated working memory training with difficulty of activities presented using adaptive,...
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Tan A, Lau R, Anderson P, Gathercole S, Bellgrove M, Wiley J, et al.
J Cogn . 2024 Feb; 7(1):23. PMID: 38380075
Despite the abundance of research evaluating working memory training outcomes in children, few studies have examined the underlying cognitive mechanisms. This study aimed to contribute understanding by exploring whether (maximum...
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Lau R, Anderson P, Wiley J, Huang D, Surjatin F, McIntosh P, et al.
JMIR Res Protoc . 2023 Sep; 12:e47496. PMID: 37725418
Background: A common yet untested assumption of cognitive training in children is that activities should be adaptive, with difficulty adjusted to the individual's performance in order to maximize improvements on...
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Spencer-Smith M, Quach J, Mensah F, Roberts G, Gathercole S, Wake M, et al.
Pediatrics . 2020 Nov; 146(6). PMID: 33159002
Objectives: Subgroups of children may benefit more from working memory training than others. In this study, we aimed to examine whether response to the Cogmed Working Memory Training program differed...
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OConnor D, Aggleton J, Chakrabarti B, Cooper C, Creswell C, Dunsmuir S, et al.
Br J Psychol . 2020 Jul; 111(4):603-629. PMID: 32683689
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents the greatest international biopsychosocial emergency the world has faced for a century, and...
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Kelly C, Thompson D, Chen J, Josev E, Pascoe L, Spencer-Smith M, et al.
Hum Brain Mapp . 2019 Nov; 41(3):684-696. PMID: 31713952
This study in children born extremely preterm (EP; <28 weeks' gestational age) or extremely low birth weight (ELBW; <1,000 g) investigated whether adaptive working memory training using Cogmed® is associated...
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Anderson P, Lee K, Roberts G, Spencer-Smith M, Thompson D, Seal M, et al.
J Pediatr . 2018 Sep; 202:92-97.e4. PMID: 30177350
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of Cogmed Working Memory Training compared with a placebo program in improving academic functioning 24 months post-training in extremely preterm/extremely low birth weight 7-year-olds. Study...
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Hawkins E, Gathercole S, Astle D, The Calm Team , Holmes J
Brain Sci . 2016 Oct; 6(4). PMID: 27775648
Symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity frequently co-occur with language difficulties in both clinical and community samples. We explore the specificity and strength of these associations in a heterogeneous sample of...
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Roberts G, Quach J, Spencer-Smith M, Anderson P, Gathercole S, Gold L, et al.
JAMA Pediatr . 2016 Mar; 170(5):e154568. PMID: 26954779
Importance: Working memory training may help children with attention and learning difficulties, but robust evidence from population-level randomized controlled clinical trials is lacking. Objective: To test whether a computerized adaptive...
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Holmes J, Butterfield S, Cormack F, van Loenhoud A, Ruggero L, Kashikar L, et al.
Front Psychol . 2015 May; 6:519. PMID: 25983703
This study investigated whether working memory training is effective in enhancing verbal memory in children with low language abilities (LLA). Cogmed Working Memory Training was completed by a community sample...