The Cogmed Working Memory Training© programs: Cogmed RM
(for children) and Cogmed QM (for adults), are offered through a national network of clinicians and brain development experts.
Published research shows that people with working memory deficits (common in ADD/ADHD) who undergo Cogmed Working Memory Training improve their ability to concentrate and control their impulsive behavior. Over 2,500 people have been trained with Cogmed RM with an 80% success rate.
Dr. Torkel Klingberg and his team developed the program and have led the research behind it. The results have been presented in peer-reviewed, placebo-controlled studies and replicated at leading universities in the US.
The program is designed for people with poor working memory.
The Cogmed Working Memory Training programs, is a software-based training typically done at home, under professional supervision. Training takes five weeks, with 25 half-hour sessions.
The exercises require the user to remember a sequence of numbers, letters, or patterns. The exercises become increasingly challenging as the training progresses, but are calibrated to accommodate each user’s individual level of progress, click by click, using a proprietary algorithm, based on an extensive database. A trained coach meets with the user at the onset of the program to plain the training and provides ongoing feedback and motivation. That contributes to a 90+ percent compliance rate.
If you think training of working memory for improved attention and focus might be right for you or your child, we recommend you start by talking to any professional in the Cogmed network, all of them listed at cogmed.com. All relevant research references and demos also available on the site.
If you are a clinician interested in learning how to offer Cogmed, you can also visit Cogmed site.
Developer: Cogmed.
