Amy Lawson Moore

• PhD
• Cognitive Psychologist at Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research

Background The state of reading proficiency among children in the United States continues to be a subject of concern among psychologists, teachers, parents, policy makers, and the education community at large. Despite the widespread use of curricular methods that teach basic reading skills, there remains a large percentage of children that struggle...

The COVID-19 pandemic challenged in-person delivery of cognitive training. Some clinics pivoted to remote delivery for those impacted by lockdowns, illness, or fear of exposure to the virus. However, it was unknown if remote delivery using teleconferencing technology was as effective as in-person delivery. The current study compared the outcomes of...

Purpose The aim of the current study was to examine and report three sources of reliability evidence for the Gibson Assessment of Cognitive Skills, a paper-based, brief cognitive screening tool for children and adults measuring working memory, processing speed, visual processing, logic and reasoning, and three auditory processing constructs: sound...

Nearly half of all mild brain injury sufferers experience long-term cognitive impairment, so an important goal in rehabilitation is to address their multiple cognitive deficits to help them return to prior levels of functioning. Cognitive training, or the use of repeated mental exercises to enhance cognition, is one remediation method for brain inj...

SAGE Research Methods Cases

Cognitive training is growing in popularity as an intervention for children who struggle to learn. In the current study, we compared the equivalency of two delivery models of the same cognitive training program, ThinkRx, for children ages 8–14. In a randomized controlled trial assessing equivalence, we compared cognitive outcomes between a group wh...

This study, published in the Open Biomedical (OBM) journal Integrative and Complementary Medicine, examined a multifaceted anti-neuroinflammatory intervention that included physical exercise, mental exercise (LearningRx cognitive training), grain-free/sugar-free diet, anti-inflammatory nutritional supplements, sleep optimization, and stress managem...

Mainstream approaches to treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children include stimulant medication such as methylphenidate and behavior therapy that target deficits in attention as well as inappropriate behaviors but do not sufficiently address the multiple cognitive deficits associated with the disorder. Deficits beyond attention...

LearningRx research abstracts and cognitive training client outcomes, 2010-2018

Many cognitive training interventions described in the extant literature predominately target only 1 or 2 domains, are very short in duration, and fail to generalize beyond the trained tasks. The aim of the current study was to evaluate differences in cognitive outcomes and self-reported real-life improvements between 2 methods of delivering the Th...

Purpose The impact of attention problems on academic and social functioning coupled with the large number of children failing to respond to stimulant medication or behavioral therapy makes adjunctive therapies such as cognitive training appealing for families and clinicians of children with attention difficulties or childhood attention deficit hype...

Purpose The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the validity and reliability of the revised Gibson Test of Cognitive Skills, a computer-based battery of tests measuring short-term memory, long-term memory, processing speed, logic and reasoning, visual processing, as well as auditory processing and word attack skills. Methods This study inc...

Cognitive rehabilitation training is a promising technique for remediating the cognitive deficits associated with brain injury. Extant research is dominated by computer-based interventions with varied results. Results from clinician-delivered cognitive rehabilitation are notably lacking in the literature. The current study examined the cognitive ou...

In a randomized controlled study, we examined the effects of a one-on-one cognitive training program on memory, visual and auditory processing, processing speed, reasoning, attention, and General Intellectual Ability (GIA) score for students ages 8–14. Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental group to complete 60 h of cognitive...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of LearningRx, a comprehensive cognitive training program including ThinkRx and ReadRx. Sixty-one children (ages 6-18) were given pretest and post-test cognitive assessments. Thirty-one students completed a 24-week cognitive training program in a LearningRx center. A matched control gro...

To assess the outcomes of the ReadRx and MathRx programs for LearningRx students in 2008 to 2014 (n = 6,340), pre-intervention reading and math achievement scores were compared to post-intervention scores. ReadRx students made statistically significant gains on tests of Word Attack, Spelling Sounds, Sound Awareness, and Passage Comprehension. The m...

Based on an expertise model of moral character, this paper examines how simulated scenario-based experiences can build implicit attitudes upon which moral action is based. Supported by theories of situated learning and social intuitionism, this conceptual framework proposes an extension of the Proteus Effect, the influence of avatar identity on beh...