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Accelerating Cognitive Gains From Digital Inverventions With Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Summary
The overall goal of this project is to collect pilot feasibility and early efficacy data showing improvements in cognition and wellbeing in adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) through a combination treatment of non-invasive brain stimulation (transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)) and a one of two digital cognitive interventions.
Official title: Accelerating Cognitive Gains From Digital Meditation With Noninvasive Brain Stimulation: A Pilot Study in MCI
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
60 Years - 85 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
90
Start Date
2024-09-13
Completion Date
2026-12
Last Updated
2026-02-10
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
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.
noninvasive neurostimulation device
A noninvasive neurostimulation device will be used to deliver theta frequency stimulation or sham stimulation to the frontal part of the brain.
wrist worn multi-sensor watches
Stress and sleep data will be recorded at home throughout the intervention using FDA-approved wrist worn multi-sensor watches.
Locations (1)
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States