The Effectiveness of Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation on Cognitive Functions

Background and Aim: Cognitive rehabilitation lead to reinforcement and compensation mechanism of executive function of brain Methods: Methodology: twenty-four girl students were randomly selected and categorized into two equal groups: control group (N=۱۲) and experimental group (N=۱۲). In pre-test, cognitive operation of working memory, stress, anxiety and depression were examined. The experimental group participated in nine ۶۰-۹۰ minute sessions of Captain Log's cognitive rehabilitation program twice a week continuously. The data was analyzed using T-Test. Results Present study aims inspecting the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation of working memory over cognitive operations of anxious high school girls Conclusion: Results: In post-test, the results of experimental group as compared to control group revealed that, the capacity of working memory increased and the level of stress, anxiety and depression decreased significantly. Conclusion: Findings suggested that intervention method with computerized cognitive rehabilitation can be used as a compound therapeutic method to improve cognitive function and to treat anxiety disorders.

کلیدواژه ها:

Cognitive rehabilitation ، Anxiety ، Cognitive function ، Captain's Log ، Working memory