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An Assessment of Cognitive Improvement Training Among Mid-life Individuals
Sponsor: University of Kansas
Summary
Many health-relevant decisions involve intertemporal (now vs. later) tradeoffs. Extensive literature indicates that many negative health and financial consequences suffered in mid-life are linked to adversity and disadvantage during early developmental periods of life. Individuals who continue to engage in these types of unhealthy behaviors despite awareness of the health consequences are exhibiting an inability to delay gratification. Delay discounting (DD) is quantified in human studies by determining the rate at which an individual discounts a delayed reward, while executive function (EF) is defined as the set of cognitive processes that are responsible for helping individuals manage life tasks and achieve goals. This research will attempt to reduce DD via EF training in a population of mid-life individuals with risk factors established during early-life disadvantage.
Official title: Remediation of Elevated Delay Discounting in Mid-life Individuals: A Stage-II Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
40 Years - 60 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
680
Start Date
2014-11-01
Completion Date
2024-07-31
Last Updated
2024-05-10
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Sequenced Recall of Digits--Auditory
Auditory digit sequence AT memory component.
Sequenced Reverse Recall of Digits--Auditory
Reversed auditory digit sequence AT memory component.
Sequenced Recall of Words--Visual
Visual word sequence AT memory component
Verbal Memory--Visual
word recognition AT memory component
Locations (1)
University of Kansas-Lawrence
Baltimore, Maryland, United States