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Cognitive Control and Metacognition Training
Sponsor: Boston Children's Hospital
Summary
95 autistic children (ages 8-11yrs) will be randomly assigned to a novel computer-based Cognitive Control Training combined with Metacognition Coaching or to a comparison group that receives the intervention after a delay. Before and after intervention, electroencephalography (EEG) will be used to examine engagement of the target neural responses.
Official title: Developing Cognitive Control and Metacognition to Reduce the Functional Impact of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in Autism
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
8 Years - 11 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
95
Start Date
2025-06-30
Completion Date
2027-06-30
Last Updated
2025-03-20
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Cognitive Control Training + Metacognition Coaching
Computer training is delivered in person by a coach. Training consists of four games; each requires multiple aspects of cognitive control. Training levels progress in difficulty by increasing the number of items or simultaneous dimensions, decreasing the available response time, requiring greater accuracy, or adjusting the proportion of distractors or their complexity. Parameters that influence the difficulty of each level and passing criteria are fixed, but children progress from level to level at their own pace. Training is accompanied by manualized metacognition coaching to provide strategies to meaningfully engage with the tasks, simplify the tasks, support sustained effort, emphasize key cognitive control skills needed, provide coping strategies to reduce frustration associated with challenging aspects of the games, and use guided conversations to highlight metacognition.