%0 Journal Article %T Effectiveness of Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation on working memory, sustained attention and math performance in children with autism spectrum disorders %J Applied Psychology %I Shahid Beheshti University %Z 2008-4331 %A Nazarboland, Neda %A Nohegari, elham %A Sadeghi Firoozabadi, vahid %D 2019 %\ 10/23/2019 %V 13 %N 2 %P 271-293 %! Effectiveness of Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation on working memory, sustained attention and math performance in children with autism spectrum disorders %K Autism Spectrum Disorders %K cognitive rehabilitation %K mathematical performance %K sustainable attention %K working memory %R 10.29252/apsy.13.2.271 %X Aim: The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness ofComputerized Cognitive Rehabilitation (CCR) on working memory,sustained attention, and math performance in children with autism spectrumdisorder. Method: The study method was quasi-experimental with pretest/post-test/follow-up design and the statistical population was estimated tobe 180 children, included all children with autism spectrum disorder inTehran. These were referred to “Neda e Asr”, “Beh Ara” and “Second ofApril” centers during the years 2017-2018. Among them, 24 children withmoderate to high performance, were selected using convenient sampling dueto including criteria and randomly assigned to experimental and controlgroups. Ravens Progressive Matrices 1938, was used to examine participants'belonging to the normal range of intelligence and then Iran Key MathDiagnostic Test 1998 and Cambridge Neuropsychological Test AutomatedBattery 1980 were played for both groups in three consecutives of pretest,post-test and follow-up and the Captain’s Log Mind Power Builder Manual2000 was presented to the experimental group in 16 sessions of 60 minutestwice a week and data were analyzed using mixed variance analysis withrepeated measurements. Results: The results showed that the interactioneffect of the intra-subject for all three variables include mathematicalPerformance (F= 7.66, P= 0.002), working memory (F= 22.58, P= 0.001) andconstant attention (F= 9.16, P= 0. 001) were significant. Conclusion: Suchfindings can confirm the possibility of taking advantage of technology toimprove the cognitive functions of people with autism spectrum disorderwhile significantly reducing therapeutic costs. Computerized Captain’s LogMind Power Builder Manual can also be an appropriate instrument to teachsuch cognitive abilities to children with autism spectrum disorder %U https://apsy.sbu.ac.ir/article_97212_79dd0cf76624ed2a1d483f5b7fb3fa25.pdf