The Effectiveness of Computer-based Cognitive Rehabilitation on Working Memory and Problem Solving of High School Students

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of computer cognitive rehabilitation on working memory and problem solving of high school students.

For this purpose, 30 high school students in Tehran were selected. These people were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups of 15 people in each group. The number and duration of each session of computer cognitive rehabilitation intervention in the experimental group was 16 sessions and each session was 45 minutes, respectively. The control group did not receive any intervention. Research tools included the N-Back working memory test and the Wisconsin card classification test. The data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and SPSS 26 software.

The results showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in some components of working memory and problem solving.

According to the findings of this study, it can be concluded that computer cognitive rehabilitation intervention is effective on working memory and problem solving of high school students.