Effectiveness of Cognitive Training in Older and Younger Adults

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Conditions studied: Cognitive Change

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06375681

Run by

University of Wisconsin, Madison

People needed

1600

Starts

2025-04-01

Expected to finish

2027-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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)

You may not qualify if…

• 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 some exceptions that will be decided on a case-by-case basis).
• Unable to adhere to training schedule
• Additional exclusion criteria for older adults:
• Score < 17 (out of 22) on the Telephone Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA).

Where it is running

• University of California, Riverside — Riverside, California, United States (enrolling)
• Northeastern University — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
• University of Wisconsin - Madison — Madison, Wisconsin, United States (enrolling)

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