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Older Age and Generalization
Sponsor: Caitlin Bowman
Summary
The goal of this clinical is to learn how the brain supports different kinds of memory decisions in healthy young and older adults. The main question it seeks to answer is: Do older adults make memory decisions by integrating across experiences? Young (aged 18-30 years) and older (aged 65-80 years) participants will complete a memory task while undergoing functional MRI to measure their brain responses. Researchers will compare brain measures of integration in older adults to those of young adults to see if integration increases in older age.
Official title: Effects of Older Age on the Neural Basis of Memory Generalization
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
360
Start Date
2026-06-01
Completion Date
2029-12-31
Last Updated
2026-03-23
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Memory decision type
Subjects will be probed to either remember an association they saw directly during the study phase or to make an inference across indirectly associated items.
Locations (1)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States