Working Memory Training for Children Using the Adaptive, Self-Select, and Stepwise Approaches to Setting the Difficulty Level of Training Activities: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Regine Cassandra Lau   ¹ , BA(Hons) ;   Peter John Anderson   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Joshua F Wiley   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Derek Huang   ⁴ , BSE(Hons) ;   Faisha Surjatin   ⁴ , BCompSc ;   Paul McIntosh   ⁴ , PhD ;   Susan Gathercole   ⁵ , PhD ;   Megan Spencer-Smith   ¹ , PhD

¹ School of Psychological Sciences and Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

² Victorian Infant Brain Studies (VIBeS), Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

³ Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia

⁴ Virtual and Augmented Reality Services (VARS), eSolutions, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

⁵ MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom