Treinamento Cognitivo de Atenção e Funções Executivas em Crianças com Autismo

Metanálise

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2025.1.42282

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cognição, autismo, crianças, intervenção, metaanálise

Resumo

Atenção e funções executivas são habilidades comumente prejudicadas em crianças com transtorno do espectro do autismo. No entanto, a eficácia do treinamento cognitivo nesta população permanece incerta. Assim, esta metanálise teve como objetivo avaliar a eficácia dos treinamentos cognitivos disponíveis para melhorar as habilidades treinadas e aquelas não treinadas diretamente. A busca nas bases de dados SCOPUS, ScienceDirect, PubMed e listas de referência resultou em sete artigos analisados ​​quanto à qualidade, risco de viés e tamanhos de efeito, abrangendo 213 participantes. O tamanho do efeito foi médio para os domínios cognitivos treinados, com maiores efeitos para treinamentos cognitivos da atenção. Habilidades não treinadas também se beneficiaram, especialmente a interação social e a comunicação. Estudos futuros são necessários para avaliar os efeitos de treinamentos cognitivos em outras habilidades, como as acadêmicas, e em componentes específicos das funções executivas, como o controle inibitório.

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Biografia do Autor

Alanny Nunes de Santana, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brasil

Doutoranda em Psicologia Cognitiva pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Mestra em Psicologia Cognitiva pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE, 2020). Pesquisadora do Laboratório de Neuropsicologia Cognitiva e Inovação Tecnológica - Cognitive Lab (UFCG).

Antonio Roazzi, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brasil.

Doutor em Psicologia Cognitiva do Desenvolvimento pela Universidade de Oxford, Oxford, Reino Unido. Doutor em Psicologia Aplicada pela Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Itália. Professor Titular do Departamento de Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), em Recife, PE, Brasil. Pesquisador e coordenador do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Epistemologia Experimental e Cultural (NEC-UFPE).

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2025-09-23

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Nunes de Santana, A., & Roazzi, A. (2025). Treinamento Cognitivo de Atenção e Funções Executivas em Crianças com Autismo: Metanálise . Psico, 56(1), e42282. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2025.1.42282

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