Music Improvisation Training on Cognitive Function in Older Adults
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Conditions studied: Aging, Cognitive Aging, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Training, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Cognitively Normal Older Adults
In brief
This project will study the effects and mechanisms of a music improvisation training intervention on self-regulation of older adults with and without MCI. The investigator's overall hypothesis is that improvisation training will lead to improvements in self-regulation, compared to controls, and that improvisation training will be associated with specific changes in prefrontal brain networks and ultimately cognitive engagement.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06721390
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 238
- Starts
- 2024-03-05
- Expected to finish
- 2026-06-12
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-12
Who can join
Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age 60 and over
- Living independently in the community
- Sufficient visual and hearing acuity (age-related to normal hearing loss, with assistive devices)
- Less than three years of formal music training (as indicated by private music lessons does not include group or ensemble classes) and not currently reading or engaging in music performance
- English fluency rated fairly well to well
- MoCA score of 22-30 or diagnosis of "mild cognitive impairment
- Not currently taking psychoactive medications, antidepressants, or sleep medications that could adversely affect cognitive abilities.
You may not qualify if…
- Medical diagnosis of dementia (any etiology)
- Inability to move the hands or use all 10 digits (extensive arthritis, neuropathy, missing digits)
- Score < 22 on MoCA
- Current (but not prior) severe psychiatric disorder, serious medical condition (e.g., stroke, TIA) that would interfere with participation in the study
- Poor English fluency
- Musician or previously trained in jazz improvisation, more than three years of formal music instruction or training and/or currently engaged in musical performance
- Plans to move out of the area within six months
Where it is running
- The study is taking place at community sites in San Francisco. — San Francisco, California, United States
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