The Effect of Aging on Value Based Decision-making

Completed

Conditions studied: Healthy Aging

In brief

The investigators propose to study the effect of aging on the neural circuitry involved in valuation and value reasoning and to relate it to choice anomalies and inconsistencies. Quantifying and characterizing valuation-based decision-making deficits in older adults, and their relationship to the aging brain, can inform and facilitate intervention - both at the level of the individual and at the level of policy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03341611

Run by

University of Southern California

People needed

90

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2018-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy adults

You may not qualify if…

• 1- Subjects under 18yo . 2- Subjects with known cognitive disorders 3- Subjects with visual or auditory deficits that would interfere with the ability to complete the experimental tasks.
• 4- Subjects reporting having metal implants 5- Subjects with a history of major anxiety disorder or other major psychiatric condition, 6- Subjects with a documented or subjectively reported claustrophobia. 7- Subjects thinking they are or may be pregnant. 8- Subjects with a history of head trauma that resulted in loss of consciousness for more than 5 minutes.
• 9-Hx of seizures 10-Left Handed 11- On any medications affecting cognition 12- For tasks involving foods: a) Currently on diet and or b) any known food allergies

Where it is running

• LABEL — Los Angeles, California, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.