2016
Cognitive Priming and Cognitive Training: Immediate and Far Transfer to Academic Skills in Children
Wexler BE, Iseli M, Leon S, Zaggle W, Rush C, Goodman A, Esat Imal A, Bo E. Cognitive Priming and Cognitive Training: Immediate and Far Transfer to Academic Skills in Children. Scientific Reports 2016, 6: 32859. PMID: 27615029, PMCID: PMC5018694, DOI: 10.1038/srep32859.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive primingBrain trainingBrain training gamesSecond-grade childrenCognitive trainingCognitive operationsFar transferTraining gamesAcademic skillsAcademic achievementNeural systemsAchievement testTraining sessionsNeuroplastic potentialEnvironmental inputsPrimingTrainingInter-neuronal connectionsChildrenGameStudy sampleSkillsImmediate effectsControl classLearning
2008
Symptoms versus neurocognition as predictors of change in life skills in schizophrenia after outpatient rehabilitation
Kurtz MM, Wexler BE, Fujimoto M, Shagan DS, Seltzer JC. Symptoms versus neurocognition as predictors of change in life skills in schizophrenia after outpatient rehabilitation. Schizophrenia Research 2008, 102: 303-311. PMID: 18495433, PMCID: PMC2519168, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.03.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAdultAmbulatory CareCognition DisordersCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychotic DisordersSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologyTherapy, Computer-AssistedVerbal LearningConceptsEveryday life skillsPerformance-based measuresLife skillsVerbal learningVerbal abilityCognitive rehabilitation interventionLongitudinal studyPredictors of changeMeasures of symptomsCognitive interventionsVisual vigilanceSustained vigilanceProcessing speedNeurocognitive deficitsNeurocognitive functionNegative symptomsBody of literatureNeurocognitionSkillsRehabilitation interventionsSchizoaffective disorderOutpatient rehabilitationCurrent studySchizophreniaRehabilitation strategies