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Non-invasive Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES) shows early promise to treat ADHD symptoms in children

September 19, 2023 by Dr. David Rabiner Leave a Comment

While tDCS uses con­stant cur­rent inten­si­ty, tRNS and tACS use oscil­lat­ing cur­rent. The ver­ti­cal axis rep­re­sents the cur­rent inten­si­ty in mil­liamp (mA), while the hor­i­zon­tal axis illus­trates the time-course. Source: Wikipedia.

Many chil­dren with ADHD ben­e­fit from med­ica­tion treat­ment, behav­ioral treat­ment, or their com­bi­na­tion, but oth­ers do not. In addi­tion, par­ents are often reluc­tant to start their child on med­ica­tion and high qual­i­ty behav­ioral treat­ments are not read­i­ly acces­si­ble in many areas. The long-term effi­ca­cy of these treat­ments is also less than desir­able. Thus, despite these evi­dence-based ADHD treat­ments, there is a press­ing need to devel­op nov­el treat­ments with strong research support.

A study pub­lished recent­ly in Trans­la­tion­al Psy­chi­a­try [Dakawar-Kawar et al (2023). Tran­scra­nial ran­dom noise stim­u­la­tion com­bined with cog­ni­tive train­ing for treat­ing ADHD: a ran­dom­ized sham-con­trolled tri­al.] reports promis­ing results for a nov­el ADHD treat­ment approach.

The Study:

Study par­tic­i­pants were 24 6–12 year-old chil­dren recent­ly diag­nosed with ADHD fol­low­ing a com­pre­hen­sive eval­u­a­tion. They were ran­dom­ly assigned to receive either a) a type of Tran­scra­nial Elec­tri­cal Stim­u­la­tion (TES) called Tran­scra­nial Ran­dom Noise Stim­u­la­tion (TRNS) or b) sham stim­u­la­tion; chil­dren in both groups engaged in com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive train­ing dur­ing the ses­sions. [Read more…] about Non-inva­sive Tran­scra­nial Elec­tri­cal Stim­u­la­tion (TES) shows ear­ly promise to treat ADHD symp­toms in children

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: ADHD behavioral treatment, ADHD medication treatment, ADHD rating scale, Cognitive-Training, Cognitive-Training-Program, Computerized-cognitive-training, transcranial electrical stimulation

Evidence review: Cognitive training & remediation works, especially in schizophrenia and healthy aging

August 31, 2018 by SharpBrains

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Evi­dence That Com­put­er­ized Cog­ni­tive Train­ing Works (Psy­chol­o­gy Today)

“Many peo­ple use com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive train­ing with the hopes of pre­vent­ing men­tal decline or improv­ing men­tal per­for­mance. But do these brain train­ing games actu­al­ly work?  [Read more…] about Evi­dence review: Cog­ni­tive train­ing & reme­di­a­tion works, espe­cial­ly in schiz­o­phre­nia and healthy aging

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Brain-Training, brain-training-games, cognition, Computerized-cognitive-training, controversies, games, healthy-aging, Rehabilitation. Clinical trials, schizophrenia

Study: Computerized cognitive training may help patients with mild cognitive impairment (less so once diagnosed with dementia)

November 17, 2016 by SharpBrains

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Brain Gain: Com­put­er­ized Train­ing May Boost Cog­ni­tion in MCI (Med­scape):

“Com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive train­ing (CCT) for patients with mild cog­ni­tive impair­ment (MCI) appears to have a ben­e­fi­cial effect on glob­al cog­ni­tion, mem­o­ry, and atten­tion and improves psy­choso­cial func­tion­ing, includ­ing depres­sive symp­toms, [Read more…] about Study: Com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive train­ing may help patients with mild cog­ni­tive impair­ment (less so once diag­nosed with dementia)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: attention, Brain-Training, cognition, cognitive, Cognitive-Training, Computerized-cognitive-training, dementia, executive-function, memory, mild-cognitive-impairment, processing-speed

Transcript: Paul Nussbaum on Meditation, Neuropsychology and Thanksgiving

November 23, 2011 by SharpBrains

Below you can find the full tran­script of our engag­ing Q&A ses­sion yes­ter­day on holis­tic brain health with clin­i­cal neu­ropsy­chol­o­gist Dr. Paul Nuss­baum, author of Save Your Brain. You can learn more about the full Brain Fit­ness Q&A Series Here.

Per­haps one of the best exchanges was: [Read more…] about Tran­script: Paul Nuss­baum on Med­i­ta­tion, Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gy and Thanksgiving

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: AARP, Alzheimers-Prevention, amygdala, Andrew-Newberg, baby-boomers, behaviors, biofeedback, Books, brain, Brain-Fitness, brain-fitness-training, Brain-health, brain-reserve, Breathing, Buddha's Brain, caregivers, chronic-stress, clinical, clinical-neuropsychologist, cognition, cognitive-decline, cognitive-function, cognitive-improvement, cognitive-therapy, Cognitive-Training, Computerized-cognitive-training, computerized-training, consumer, creativity, dementia, depression, EEG, enhanced brain function, frontal-lobe, genes, happiness, heart-rate-variability, hippocampus, holistic, immune function, Improv, insurance reimbursement, learning potential, Mark Waldman, medical, meditate, meditation, mental checkup, mental-stimulation, nature, neocortex, neural plasticity, neuroanatomy, neuropsychologist, Neuropsychology, neurotheology, NIH, Nutrition, occupational therapy, optimism, Physical-activity, positive thinking, post-stroke depression, prayer, public-health, relaxation, socialization, speech therapy, spirituality, stress-reduction, wellness program, yoga

Study: Working memory training can improve fluid intelligence

June 14, 2011 by Alvaro Fernandez

Very inter­est­ing new study on com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive train­ing (or brain train­ing), well sum­ma­rized in LA Times arti­cle Mem­o­ry train­ing improves intel­li­gence in some chil­dren, report says. Quote:

The train­ing pro­gram used by Jaeg­gi and co-work­ers focused on ramp­ing up work­ing mem­o­ry: the abil­i­ty to hold in mind a hand­ful of infor­ma­tion bits briefly, and to update them as need­ed. Cog­ni­tive sci­en­tists con­sid­er work­ing mem­o­ry a key com­po­nent of intel­li­gence. But they have [Read more…] about Study: Work­ing mem­o­ry train­ing can improve flu­id intelligence

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain, Brain-Training, Cognitive-Training, Computerized-cognitive-training, information-overload, intelligence, Martin-Buschkuehl, math, overflowing-brain, Susanne-Jaeggi, Torkel-Klingberg, Working-memory, working-memory-training

Brain Training News Digest

January 3, 2011 by Dr. Pascale Michelon

Here is a news digest on brain train­ing to start your stim­u­lat­ing New Year:

Brain train­ing games: Do they work? This piece explores the world of com­put­er­ized brain train­ing soft­ware: Who uses them? Are they worth the expense? You can also check out Sharp­brains Pro­gram Eval­u­a­tion check­list to learn about the 10 ques­tions to ask when choos­ing a brain fit­ness program.

Pro­tect your brain: The new issue for ath­letes. Learn more about ImPACT (Imme­di­ate Post-Con­cus­sion Assess­ment and Cog­ni­tive Test­ing), the com­put­er­ized clin­i­cal report which is quick­ly becom­ing the norm for high schools and col­leges [Read more…] about Brain Train­ing News Digest

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers Tagged With: athletes, Brain-Training, Computerized-cognitive-training, concussions, Impact, program-evaluation-checklist, sports-related-concussions

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