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The problem
Intervention: Adaptive eye-tracking computerised working memory training (Cogmed) delivered intensively over 5 weeks (5 sessions per week) using eye-tracker technology (Tobii PCEye Mini) as the interface
Who it was tested with: Four young people with severe dyskinetic cerebral palsy, aged 14-20 years, all female.
The same group is measured before the intervention and again afterwards, with a baseline and an endline and sometimes a midline. Change is visible, but other causes cannot be ruled out.
"Adaptive eye-tracking WM training appears feasible in severe dyskinetic CP and may yield cognitive benefits. Larger controlled studies are needed to establish efficacy and generalisation of training effects." The study employed a pre-post design measuring the same group before, immediately after and 3 months following the intervention, which allows description of change but cannot attribute causation due to the absence of a comparison group.
Small sample size (n=4), no control group, no comparison of eye-tracking approach to standard training methods, and inconsistent far-transfer effects limit ability to establish true efficacy and meaningful real-world impact
Across countries and designs
2 studies · 1 country
