Behavioral and Neural Target Engagement for ADHD Executive Working Memory Training
Hartford Hospital
Summary
The proposed study will replicate target engagement as assessed in the first phase while also determining if it correlates with clinically meaningful improvements in ADHD dysfunction
Description
This proposal is a 3-year clinical trial study replicating an R61 study that targeted brain engagement in 62 ADHD diagnosed adolescents. This study will recruit n=130 adolescents, n=90 ADHD, 40 non-ADHD. The ADHD group will be randomized to a 'sham training' placebo or to train 4 times each week using 4 different EWM exercises that have been combined into the format of a typical cognitive training intervention. Exercise difficulty levels in the active intervention will increase across 5 weeks to continually challenge EWM ability. EWM training will use a novel, remotely-supervised 'at home' com…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 12–18 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteriia: * Diagnosis of ADHD * English speaking * Right-handed * \>5th grade reading level * \>80 IQ level Exclusion Criteria: * Braces, metal or implant devices * Brain abnormality, neurological disorder * TBI or loss of consciousness\>30 minutes * Diagnosis of Psychosis, Bipolar Disorder, ASD, PTSD, OCD, SUD, Tourette's Disorder
Interventions
- BehavioralEWM Training
Training tasks will target Executive Working Memory areas of the brain. Task difficulty will be adaptively increased across the 5 weeks of training based on session-to-session performance.
- BehavioralPlacebo Training
Computerized tasks with comparable engagement that do not tap executive working memory processes
Location
- Institute of Living/Hartford HospitalHartford, Connecticut