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Enhancing Attention and Wellbeing Using Digital Therapeutics
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Summary
The goals of the proposed research are to first determine the minimal and/or optimal dose of a digital intervention required for cognitive enhancement, and then to examine the impact of several potential moderators of treatment effects (i.e., cognitive decline, AD polygenic hazard score, cardiovascular risk, and race/ethnicity). This knowledge gained from his high-impact study with transform the field of cognitive interventions, paving the way for a precision medicine model for cognitive enhancing interventions that improve quality of life for older adults and individuals with cognitive deficits at risk of developing dementia.
Official title: Optimizing a Closed-loop Digital Meditation Intervention for Remediating Cognitive Decline and Reducing Stress in Older Adults
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
60 Years - 99 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
4000
Start Date
2024-04-01
Completion Date
2029-06
Last Updated
2026-02-24
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
MediTrain
MediTrain is a tablet-based, meditation-inspired, cognitive training game aimed at improving self-regulation of internal attention and distractions. It was developed in collaboration with meditation thought-leader Jack Kornfield, and Zynga, a world-class video game company. It was created to make benefits of concentrative meditation more easily accessible to anyone, including complete novices. This is achieved by creating a game that yields quantifiable and attainable goals, provides feedback, and includes an adaptive algorithm to gradually increase difficulty as users improve.
Worder
Worder was designed to enhance visual motor and visual spatial skills in individuals of all ages and cognitive abilities. Visual processing is required for all cognitive abilities that involve vision including attention, working memory, and task management. Worder's goal is to improve cognitive function more broadly by developing this critical skill underlying multiple abilities.
Locations (1)
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States