Scientific Validation
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Peer reviewed publications
CogniFit is recognized by the scientific community and has been published and reviewed independently in several scientific publications.
Does combined cognitive training and physical activity training enhance cognitive abilities more than either alone? A four-condition randomized controlled trial among healthy older adults
CogniFit personalized brain training program improved cognitive function in healthy older adults with an average age of 80 years whereas physical and aerobic activity did not bring about any perceivable cognitive improvements in these subjects.
Shatil E (2013). Does combined cognitive training and physical activity training enhance cognitive abilities more than either alone? A four-condition randomized controlled trial among healthy older adults. Front. Aging Neurosci. 5:8. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00008
Computer-Based, Personalized Cognitive Training versus Classical Computer Games: A randomized Double-Blind Prospective Trial of Cognitive Stimulation
CogniFit personalized brain training program is more effective than computer games in improving cognitive function in healthy older adults.
Peretz C, Korczyn AD, Shatil E, Aharonson V, Birnboim S, Giladi N. - Computer-Based, Personalized Cognitive Training versus Classical Computer Games: A Randomized Double-Blind Prospective Trial of Cognitive Stimulation - Neuroepidemiology 2011; 36:91-9.
Novel television-based cognitive training improves working memory and executive function
This study shows significant improvement in the working memory and executive function of healthy older adults using the CogniFit personalized brain fitness program.
Evelyn Shatil, Jaroslava Mikulecká, Francesco Bellotti, Vladimír Burěs - Novel Television-Based Cognitive Training Improves Working Memory and Executive Function - PLOS ONE July 03, 2014. 10.1371/journal.pone.0101472
A Holistic approach to assess older adults’ wellness using e-health technologies
The CogniFit computerized neuropsychological evaluation was successfully validated in a holistic e-health model of cognitive, physiological and functional wellness in older adults.
Thompson HJ, Demiris G, Rue T, Shatil E, Wilamowska K, Zaslavsky O, Reeder B. - Telemedicine Journal and E-health Date and Volume: 2011 Dec;17(10):794-800. Epub 2011 Oct 19.
Predicting Individual Differences in Response to Sleep Loss: Application of Current Techniques
Pilot fatigue represents one of the top problems and threats to the safety and effectiveness of military and civil transportation. The US navy uses a CogniFit cognitive assessment to predict cognitive fatigue in pilot and decrease fatigue's negative impact on safety.
Joseph F.Chandler, Richard D. Arnold, Jeffrey B. Phillips, Ashley E. Turnmire - Predicting individual differences in response to sleep loss: application of current techniques - Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine - September 2013; 84(9):927-37
Enhancing Cognitive Functioning in Healthly Older Adults: a Systematic Review of the Clinical Significance of Commercially Available Computerized Cognitive Training in Preventing Cognitive Decline
This study confirms that CogniFit brain fitness solutions can assist in promoting healthy brain aging. After reviewing close to 8,000 studies, reviewers stated that CogniFit possessed the highest level of evidence showing concrete effects of brain training in healthy aging.
Shah TM, Weinborn M, Verdile G, Sohrabi HR, Martins RN - Enhancing Cognitive Functioning in Healthly Older Adults: a Systematic Review of the Clinical Significance of Commercially Available Computerized Cognitive Training in Preventing Cognitive Decline - Neuropsychology Review 2017 Jan 14. doi: 10.1007/s11065-016-9338-9
Preliminary evidence for the feasibility of at-home online cognitive training with older adults
CogniFit's personalized training helps improve the memory of seniors, both healthy individuals and those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) according to the general cognitive evaluation battery, and their processing speed according to independent tests.
Gigler, K., Blomeke, K., Shatil, E., Weintraub, S., & Reber, P. (2013). Preliminary evidence for the feasibility of at-home online cognitive training with older adults. Gerontechnology, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2013.12.1.007.00
Cognitive estimation of speed, movement and time across the lifespan
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Tapia, J. L., Rocabado, F., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2022). Cognitive estimation of speed, movement and time across the lifespan. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 21(1), 010. https://doi.org/10.31083/j.jin2101010
Can Video Gameplay Improve Undergraduates’ Problem-Solving Skills?
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Emihovich, B., Roque, N., & Mason, J. (2020). Can Video Gameplay Improve Undergraduates’ Problem-Solving Skills? International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 10(2), 21–38. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijgbl.2020040102
Initial Adaptation of the General Cognitive Assessment Battery by Cognifit for Bulgarian Older Adults
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Yaneva, A., Massaldjieva, R., & Mateva, N. (2021). Initial Adaptation of the General Cognitive Assessment Battery by CognifitTM for Bulgarian Older Adults. Experimental Aging Research, 48(4), 336–350. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073x.2021.1981096
Characterizing Focused Attention and Working Memory Using EEG
In this study, researchers were able to detect focused attention and working memory, measured through the CogniFit evaluation, using EEG signals. The approach aims to bring advances in the field of adaptive learning.
Mohamed, Z., el Halaby, M., Said, T., Shawky, D., & Badawi, A. (2018). Characterizing Focused Attention and Working Memory Using EEG. Sensors, 18(11), 3743. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18113743
Effects of computer-based training on children’s executive functions and academic achievement
CogniFit training has managed to improve measured executive functions, with special emphasis on working memory and academic performance, in a large sample (n = 713) of 10-year-old students.
Conesa, P. J., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2021). Effects of computer-based training on children’s executive functions and academic achievement. The Journal of Educational Research, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2021.1998881
Intelligence subcomponents and their relationship to general knowledge
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Buades-Sitjar, F., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2022). Intelligence subcomponents and their relationship to general knowledge. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science
Environment Context Variability and Incidental Word Learning: A Virtual Reality Study
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Rocabado, F., González Alonso, J., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2022). Environment Context Variability and Incidental Word Learning: A Virtual Reality Study. Brain Sciences, 12(11), 1516. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111516
Assessing Inhibitory Control in the RealWorld Is Virtually Possible: A Virtual Reality Demonstration
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Rocabado, F., Duñabeitia, J.A. (2022) Assessing Inhibitory Control in the Real World Is Virtually Possible: A Virtual Reality Demonstration. Behav. Sci., 12, 444. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12110444
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