View clinical trials related to Executive Dysfunction.
Filter by:The investigators aim to explore the effect of puzzle mobile or tablet-based games on problem-solving impairment resulting from a first-time stroke. This is a randomized-controlled trial with the intervention arm consisting of puzzle gaming applications and the control arm consisting of stroke-relevant educational videos provided and encouraged throughout the course of participants' acute inpatient rehabilitation stay.
The aim of this project is to elucidate whether impairments of cognitive control, performance-monitoring, and value-based decision-making and dysfunctional interactions between underlying brain systems are mediating mechanisms and vulnerability factors for daily self-control failures and addictive disorders.
This is a randomized, controlled pilot study to evaluate the efficacy of "ASCEND-I" (A Strategy and Computer-based intervention to ENhance Daily cognitive functioning after stroke - Inpatient), an inpatient intervention that combines computer-based cognitive training and coaching of cognitive strategies to improve working memory (WM) and related executive functions in individuals with stroke. The investigators hypothesize that relative to an "enhanced usual care" control condition, ASCEND will be associated with improvements in WM. The investigators also hypothesize that measures of baseline brain connectivity (assessed via participants' routine clinical magnetic resonance imaging scans) will predict response to ASCEND-I.
The purpose of this current study is to conduct a conceptual replication with an independent evaluation team of the randomized controlled trial conducted by Langberg and colleagues, which demonstrated the efficacy of the Homework, Organization, and Planning Skills (HOPS) intervention. The study will be conducted under routine practice conditions with school staff serving as interventionists; the study sample will include the broad range of students with organization, time management, and planning problems. The study will examine how implementation factors (fidelity, engagement, working alliance) are related to outcomes, and it will explore the potential moderating role of school organization factors on outcomes.
The purpose of the study is to provide evidence of feasibility, acceptability, patient satisfaction, and patient perceived benefit of the Multicontext (MC) approach. The project consists of eight case studies of persons with acquired brain injury undergoing acute inpatient rehabilitation who have difficulties in completing multiple step activities due to deficits in executive function and/or visual perception. The MC approach provides a structured occupational therapy framework that provides guidelines for enhancing strategy use and self monitoring skills for person's with acquired brain injury.
Attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder. The common diagnostic of ADHD is based on psychiatric examination and interview. So far, there is not any other diagnostic tool for ADHD nowadays. Therefore, virtual reality (VR) technology can be used as a stimulus, replacing real stimuli, recreating experiences, which are in the real world would be impossible. Consequently, ADHD-VR diagnostic tool development should be started to justify the ADHD diagnosis in psychiatric out-patient clinical services.
The purpose of this project is to conduct a feasibility test of an ASD executive functioning intervention adapted for mental health settings, including examining the effectiveness and process of implementing this adapted intervention in community mental health programs.
In this study, the investigators will explore the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on executive function deficits in high function autism spectrum disorder. Half of the participants will be chosen by chance to receive continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) while the other half will be chosen by chance to receive sham stimulation. And finally the sham group individuals also receive cTBS. Based on results from a recent unpublished pilot data, the investigators propose that cTBS treatment will induce a significant improvement in executive function performance compared to sham treatment.
This project explores the effects of specialized computer-based cognitive rehabilitation (CBCR) targeting executive functions in three groups of patients: Stroke, Cardiac Arrest and Parkinson's Disease. The effect of specialized CBCR is compared generally cognitively stimulating activities on a computer
Methods: The study population consisted of all adult women living in Sabzevar city (Iran). Using cluster sampling, 365 women were selected as the study sample. Participants completed Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory, Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire - Revised and Clarified (SPSRQ-RC) as well as Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). Data analysis was conducted using correlation and regression tests.