University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Lori James
This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to produce names of pictured people. Participants will perform a brief mental exercise, then see 83 celebrity photographs to produce the names of. Participants will also complete other surveys and measures. Collected data will give researchers a better understanding of how different variables relate to proper name production.
Healthy Aging
Mental Exercise
Not Applicable
This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to produce names of pictured people. Adult participants ages 18-35 and 60-80 will participant in videoconference calls during which they will perform a brief mental exercise, then see 83 celebrity photographs with instructions to name each pictured person. The naming task will be video recorded for later scoring. Participants will also complete other surveys and measures, including some about demographics and other personal characteristics. Participation will take approximately 60-75 minutes. Collected will be de-identified and the aggregate data will give researchers a better understanding about how individual's personality and cognitive traits and the mental exercise performed before the study relate to people's proper name production.}}
| Study Type : | Interventional |
| Estimated Enrollment : | 102 participants |
| Masking : | Single |
| Masking Description : | Participant do not know which condition they are in. They only know what mental exercise they will do in their assigned condition |
| Primary Purpose : | Basic Science |
| Official Title : | What Makes People Better at Retrieving Proper Names? |
| Actual Study Start Date : | October 1, 2022 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date : | March 23, 2023 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 30, 2023 |
| Arm | Intervention/treatment |
|---|---|
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Experimental: Mental Exercise A Participants follow instructions on a 10-minute audio clip |
Behavioral: Mental Exercise |
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Active Comparator: Mental Exercise B Participants follow instructions on a 10-minute audio clip |
Behavioral: Mental Exercise |
| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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UCCS
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80918