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A randomised exploratory investigation of the effects of Attention vs Working Memory Training on cognitive performance and everyday functioning following stroke

Polly V Peers, Duncan E Astle, John Duncan, Fionnuala Murphy, Adam Hampshire, Tilak Das, Tom Manly
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/296723
Polly V Peers
1MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Duncan E Astle
1MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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John Duncan
1MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Fionnuala Murphy
1MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Adam Hampshire
2Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Tilak Das
3Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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Tom Manly
1MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Abstract

Difficulties with attention are common following stroke and are associated with poor outcome. Home-based online cognitive training may have to the potential to provide an efficient and effective way to improve attentional functions in such patients. Little work has been carried out to assess the efficacy of this approach in stroke patients, and the lack of studies with active control conditions and rigorous evaluations of cognitive functioning pre and post training means understanding is limited as to whether and how such interventions may be effective. Here we compare the effects of 20 days of active cognitive training using either novel Selective Attention Training (SAT) or commercial Working Memory Training (WMT) programme, versus a waitlist control group, on a wide range of attentional and working memory tasks, as well as on self-reported everyday functioning. We demonstrate separable effects of each of the active training conditions, with SAT leading to improvements in both spatial and non-spatial aspects of attention and WMT leading to improvements only on very closely related working memory tasks. Both training groups reported improvements in everyday functioning, which were associated with improvements in attentional functions, suggesting that improving attention may be of particular importance in maximising functional recovery in this patient group.

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A randomised exploratory investigation of the effects of Attention vs Working Memory Training on cognitive performance and everyday functioning following stroke
Polly V Peers, Duncan E Astle, John Duncan, Fionnuala Murphy, Adam Hampshire, Tilak Das, Tom Manly
bioRxiv 296723; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/296723
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A randomised exploratory investigation of the effects of Attention vs Working Memory Training on cognitive performance and everyday functioning following stroke
Polly V Peers, Duncan E Astle, John Duncan, Fionnuala Murphy, Adam Hampshire, Tilak Das, Tom Manly
bioRxiv 296723; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/296723

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