title: Computer-based cognitive training for ADHD: a review of current evidence.
abstract: There has been an increasing interest in and the use of computer-based cognitive training as a treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The authors' review of current evidence, based partly on a stringent meta-analysis of 6 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in 2013, and an overview of 8 recently published RCTs highlights the inconsistency of findings between trials and across blinded and nonblinded ADHD measures within trials. Based on this, they conclude that more evidence from well-blinded studies is required before cognitive training can be supported as a frontline treatment of core ADHD symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Developmental Brain-Behaviour Laboratory, Psychology, Institute for Disorders of Impulse & Attention, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK; Department of Experimental Clinical & Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, Ghent B-9000, Belgium. Electronic address: ejb3@soton.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Edmund
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sonuga-Barke
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zürich, Neumünsterallee 9/Fach, Zürich CH-8032, Switzerland; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, J5, Mannheim D-68159, Germany.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brandeis
authors.affiliation: LWL-University Hospital for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ruhr University Bochum, Heithofer Allee 64, Hamm D 59071, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holtmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Psychiatry, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge PE29 2BQ, UK; Division of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2TU, UK.
authors.forename: Samuele
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cortese
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: ADHD; Attentional control; Brain plasticity; Cognitive training; Inhibitory control; Randomized controlled trial; Treatment; Working memory