Clinical trials: Executive Functions
Sleep Restriction
Effects of Nap Restriction on Preschoolers' Empathy, Prosocial Behaviors and Executive Function
Cross-sectional evidences suggest a relationship between early childhood sleep and cognitive as well as socio-emotional functions. However, the casual relation has not been fully revealed.
- Trial name
- NCT06025669
- Testing
- Nap restriction
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Healthy Volunteers
Classroom Break, Cognition, and Fitness in Elementary School Children
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to learn about the effect of a 12-week school-based intervention combining mindfulness with high-intensity interval training (MF-HIIT), MF-only intervention, and HIIT-only…
- Trial name
- NCT06258941
- Testing
- MF-HIIT, HIIT-only, MF-only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 352 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Cognitive Change
Executive Function Training for Children and Adolescents
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate how different approaches to executive function (like adding game-like features, varying the number of tasks, and providing coaching) can enhance executive function outcomes in…
- Trial name
- NCT07147894
- Testing
- Nongamified N-back training, Gamified N-back training, Multiple Domain Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 780 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northeastern University
Acquired Brain Injury, Cognitive Symptom
CBCR for Executive Functions in Patients With ABI in the Chronic Phase
This study examines the effects of computerbased cognitive rehabilitation on executive functions in the chronic phase after acquired brain injury
- Conditions
- Acquired Brain Injury, Cognitive Symptom, Executive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT03558308
- Testing
- Computer based cognitive rehabilitation
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Katrine Sværke
Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorder, Mental Disorder
Test of A Model of Representational Knowledge Stored in the Human Prefrontal Cortex
This study will examine the underlying mental processes that determine how people understand social behavior, remember information, and think.
- Conditions
- Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorder, Mental Disorder, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT00024908
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 949 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Investigation of the Association of Multimodal Neuroimaging and Peripheral Biomarkers With Executive Functions and Emotional Regulation in Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
The purpose of this observational study is to investigate the relationships among resting-state brain connectivity, peripheral blood biomarkers, executive functions, and emotional regulation in adolescents with…
- Trial name
- NCT07800117
- Testing
- No Intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Executive Function Deficits (EFD), Developmental Coordination Disorder
Let's CO-OPerate! Together we Are Stronger
The goal of this replicated single case experimental study using a randomized multiple baseline design across participants and goals is to enable children/adolescents (aged 8-16 years) with developmental coordination disorders…
- Conditions
- Executive Function Deficits (EFD), Developmental Coordination Disorder, Acquired Brain Injury (Including Stroke), Brain Injury, Fetus and Neonate
- Trial name
- NCT07085403
- Testing
- Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) is a cognitive problem-solving approach
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Hopitaux de Saint-Maurice
Cardiovascular Diseases, Respiratory Diseases
Study on Intervention Effect of Heat-related Health Risk Early Warning Digital Technology for School-age Children
This cluster randomized trial is conducted in Beijing primary schools to evaluate the efficacy of a WeChat mini-program-based high-temperature early warning intervention on the physical and cognitive health of school-age…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Respiratory Diseases, Mental Health Disorders, Heat Illness
- Trial name
- NCT07643571
- Testing
- WeChat Mini-program Based Heat Health Risk Early Warning Intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China
ADHD
Language Abilities of Children With ADHD
BACKGROUND: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity-Disorder (ADHD) is associated with language difficulties within expressive, receptive and pragmatic areas of language.Telling stories is a particularly interesting language task as is…
- Trial name
- NCT03917316
- Testing
- Language and neuropsychological tests
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 97 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Cognitive Development
Testing Whether a Short Training Program Designed to Improve Cognitive Skills Improves 4-year-olds' Maths Skills
This study will test whether a short training program - designed to improve memory and attention skills - will benefit mathematical reasoning in preschoolers from a range of socio-economic backgrounds.
- Trial name
- NCT03063411
- Testing
- Executive Function Intervention, Active Control Group
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sheffield
Epilepsy
Web-based Intervention to Improve Executive Functioning in Teens With Epilepsy (Epilepsy Journey)
The purpose of this study is to establish the feasibility, accessibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an individually-tailored intervention to improve EF in adolescents with epilepsy (EFI-E).
- Trial name
- NCT02925663
- Testing
- EFI-E
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Premature Birth
Brain Training in Preterm Children at Risk for Inattention, Hyperactivity, and Executive Function Impairment
The purpose of this study is to determine if different forms of child-friendly, computer-based puzzles and games ("brain training") targeting executive function (EF) skills (i.e., thinking, problem-solving) result in improvements…
- Trial name
- NCT02588391
- Testing
- Brain Training (Active), Brain Training (Passive), Brain Training (Active or Passive)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Healthy Volunteers
Acute Effects of High-intensity Interval Training With Mindfulness-based Recovery on Executive Function in Children
The goal of this randomized cross-over trial is to learn about the effect of a single bout of 20-min mindfulness-based high-intensity interval training (MF-HIIT), MF-only, and HIIT-only in relative to sitting rest on executive…
- Trial name
- NCT06270589
- Testing
- MF-HIIT, MF-only, HIIT-only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD
Therapeutic Use of rTMS in Pediatric ASD and ADHD Cohorts
In this interventional, pilot clinical trial investigators will stimulate the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in patients with Autism and ADHD.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT06069323
- Testing
- repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia
School Readiness, Developmental Delays
Early Intervention Foster Care: A Prevention Trial
The Early Intervention Foster Care [EIFC] project is an efficacy trial of the Oregon Social Learning Center Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Program, a preventive intervention that targets 3 commonly co-occurring variables…
- Trial name
- EIFC (NCT00701194)
- Testing
- Early Intervention Foster Care (EIFC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 177 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Social Learning Center
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Home-Based Executive Function Training Intervention For Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder-prone Children
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a home-based executive function training Intervention on children's ADHD symptoms, executive function and parents' parenting stress.
- Trial name
- NCT06950866
- Testing
- Home-based executive function training therapy
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Wuhan Mental Health Centre
Executive Dysfunction, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Intervention-Induced Plasticity of Flexibility and Learning Mechanisms in ASD
This project explores the association between learning and cognitive flexibility by testing whether a cognitive behavioral intervention designed to improve flexibility in ASD changes learning and associated neural activation…
- Conditions
- Executive Dysfunction, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05131659
- Testing
- Executive function group therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Executive Function Intervention for Children With ASD Combining a Digital App and Parent Coaching
The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to develop and evaluate a digital cognitive control intervention that integrates a digital application-based child training program with an online parent coaching program for…
- Trial name
- NCT07376356
- Testing
- ChuckChuck Step, ChuckChuck Step (Shortened Parent Coaching)
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Korea University
Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
Follow-up of Extreme Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in 5-10 Year Old Children: a Danish Population Based Study
The objective of this study was to investigate whether infants with total serum bilirubin > 450 umol/L in the neonatal period and no symptoms or no more than early acute bilirubin encephalopathy develop long term sequelae with…
- Trial name
- NCT01599611
- Testing
- Movement assessment battery for children - 2
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Executive Functions
Executive Functions Rehabilitation in Premature Children
in more than 60% of premature children processing speed and academic failures are observed, even in children with a normal cognitive level.
- Trial name
- NCT03639298
- Testing
- Intendu
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Vittore Buzzi Children's Hospital