Examining the Effectiveness of Cognitive Training
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Summary
The proposed study will enroll 1600 participants to examine the effectiveness of cognitive training. Participants will be randomized into different experimental groups and can expect to participate for up to 15 hours of research over 4 to 8 weeks.
Description
Participants will first complete two sessions (\~75 minutes each) where they are asked to view visual stimuli (such as black and white lines, letters, simple shapes like triangles, circles, and squares) presented on a computer or television screen and/or listen to auditory stimuli (such as pure tones) presented via headphone or speakers. They will be asked to make some simple judgments about the stimuli (such as indicating whether the stimulus you observed is the same or different from that on a previous trial), and indicate their judgment decision with a button press on a keyboard, a mouse cl…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–85 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Self-reported normal or corrected-to-normal vision * No known neurological impairments * Age within inclusion range (18-30 Years for Younger Adults and 60-85 Years for Older Adults) Exclusion Criteria * Physical handicap (motor or perceptual) that would impede training procedures * Concurrent enrollment in other cognitive training studies * Not being proficient enough in English that would prevent following and understanding all instructions and completing all testing sessions (typically, participants would need to have learned English before age 11; there might be som…
Interventions
- BehavioralVisual and / or Auditory Cognitive Tasks (1)
Seven sessions (\~45-75 minutes) of cognitive tasks in the lab. Participants asked to view visual stimuli (such as black and white lines, letters, simple shapes like triangles, circles, and squares) presented on a computer or television screen and/or listen to auditory stimuli (such as pure tones) presented via headphone or speakers and asked to make simple judgements.
- BehavioralVisual and / or Auditory Cognitive Tasks (2)
Two sets of 10 sessions (\~20 minutes) of cognitive tasks either at home or in the lab. Participants asked to view visual stimuli (such as black and white lines, letters, simple shapes like triangles, circles, and squares) presented on a computer or television screen and/or listen to auditory stimuli (such as pure tones) presented via headphone or speakers and asked to make simple judgements.
Locations (3)
- University of California, RiversideRiverside, California
- Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts
- University of Wisconsin - MadisonMadison, Wisconsin