Clinical trials: Working Memory
Substance Dependency, Addiction
Working Memory Training for Substance Dependent Individuals
Background: Substance abusers show impaired working memory (WM) functioning. Promising findings show training WM results in an improved working memory capacity (WMC) and a decrease of clinical symptoms in a range of disorders…
- Conditions
- Substance Dependency, Addiction, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT02119949
- Testing
- Working memory training
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
ADHD
Accelerated iTBS Targeting of Working Memory Versus Inhibitory Control in Adolescent ADHD
The objective of this project is to examine the differential therapeutic effect of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS; a type of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation) to the left DLPFC versus right PreSMA in…
- Trial name
- WINK (NCT07219810)
- Testing
- intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Bradley Hospital
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
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Tourette Syndrome
Computerized Working Memory Training in Children With ADHD and Comorbid Tourette Syndrome
The investigators will conduct a randomized placebo-controlled trial of a computerized intervention targeting working memory in 30 children with comorbid Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Tourette Syndrome (TS).
- Trial name
- NCT02732496
- Testing
- Targeted Cognitive Training (TCT), Youth Appropriate Online Games
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Math Learning Disability
Understanding Cognitive-Academic Bidirectionality in Math Learning Disabilities
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effects of an innovative intervention designed to improve math skills in first graders at risk for math disabilities.
- Trial name
- NCT07220746
- Testing
- Coordinated Treatment, Math Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Child Cancer Brain
MEDIR Medulloblastome
The medulloblastome is a tumour of the child relatively frequent usually sitting in the cerebellum and treated by surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
- Trial name
- MEDIR (NCT01197924)
- Testing
- IRMf Bold
- Where
- 8 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Cerebral Palsy
Eye-tracking Working Memory Training in Children and Youth With Severe Cerebral Palsy
People with severe cerebral palsy (CP) who are nonverbal and unable to control conventional computer interfaces due to the severe limitations in hand control benefit from eye-tracking technology as access method to Augmentative…
- Trial name
- NCT06918379
- Testing
- Cogmed Working Memory Training (CWMT)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
ADHD, Time Perception Altered
Working Memory and Social-emotional Training for Preschoolers at Risk of ADHD
The study aims to explore the effectiveness of working memory training and social emotional training for young children with ADHD in Hong Kong.
- Conditions
- ADHD, Time Perception Altered, Working Memory, Social Skills
- Trial name
- NCT05162729
- Testing
- Game-like online working memory training, Game-like online social emotional training
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Anxiety, Psychological Stress
Effects of Sitting Meditation and Hatha Yoga in Adolescents
The present study was a randomized controlled trial that explored the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of short-term mindfulness training among adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT02339363
- Testing
- Sitting Meditation, Hatha yoga
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alliant International University
Depressive Symptoms
The Effect of Emotional Working Memory Training on Reducing Depressive Symptoms
The purpose of this study is to test whether emotional working memory training and attention bias modification training are an effective neurobehavioral therapy to improve depressive symptoms.That is whether emotional working…
- Trial name
- NCT04346771
- Testing
- Working memory training, Positive ABMT
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunan Normal University
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
Working Memory Training in Young ADHD Children
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether working memory training improves behavioral symptoms, neurocognitive performance, and neural functioning in young children with ADHD.
- Trial name
- NCT00819611
- Testing
- Cogmed Working memory training, Control version of Cogmed working memory training
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform Disorders
Functional Brain Activation Patterns in Schizophrenia, Measured Before and After Treatment
In this study we, the investigators at UMC Utrecht, intend to investigate changes in brain activation patterns using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in patients suffering from schizophrenia who are medication naive…
- Trial name
- NCT00161057
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht
Executive Functions (EF), Working Memory
Beyond Aerobic Fitness: Effects of Coordination and Aerobic Exercise on Executive Functions in School-Aged Children
This randomized controlled trial aims to compare the effects of aerobic exercise and coordination-based exercise on executive functions in school-aged children aged 10 to 12 years.
- Conditions
- Executive Functions (EF), Working Memory, Selective Attention
- Trial name
- NCT07658404
- Testing
- Aerobic Exercise Program, Coordination Exercise Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Gelisim University
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, Learning Disorders
Effects Of A Computerized Working Memory Training Program On Attention, Working Memory, And Academics, In Adolescents With Severe ADHD/LD
Our primary aim is to determine whether a computerized working memory (WM) training program will help students with severe learning and attention problems, in terms of improving their WM.
- Trial name
- NCT00930449
- Testing
- Cogmed Working Memory Training Program., Academy of Math, Special Education/Individualized Tutoring
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
ADHD
Target ADHD Executive Working Memory Replication Study
The proposed study will replicate target engagement as assessed in the first phase while also determining if it correlates with clinically meaningful improvements in ADHD dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT06446284
- Testing
- EWM Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hartford Hospital
Sickle Cell Disease
Working Memory and School Readiness in Preschool-Aged Children With Sickle Cell Disease
Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) are at risk for neurobehavioral problems because of the impact the disease can have on the central nervous system.
- Trial name
- NCT02227472
- Testing
- Evaluation of cognitive and pre-academic skills, Parent questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity, Psychophysiology
The Effects of Working Memory Training in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Previous studies indicated that children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often suffer from deficits in executive function, such as attentional control, inhibition, and working memory.
- Trial name
- NCT02959528
- Testing
- Working memory training, perceptual training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Patient With Bipolar Disorder, Euthymic Status
Cognitive Remediation on Patients With Bipolar Disorder and Memory Complaints
Bipolar disorder is a major health concern. Intercritical periods are marked with residual symptoms, both thymic and cognitive, which affects quality of life of patients, but also the quality of observance.
- Conditions
- Patient With Bipolar Disorder, Euthymic Status, Wirh Memory Complaints
- Trial name
- COGMED (NCT02988518)
- Testing
- COGMED program
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
Depressive Symptoms
Intervention Effect of Emotional Working Memory Training on University Students With Depressive Symptom
Objective: To investigate the effects of emotional working memory training (EWM-T) on depressive symptoms and rumination among university students.
- Trial name
- NCT05861414
- Testing
- EWM-T
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Yu-hua Weng
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD)
Daily Routines, Executive Functioning & ADHD
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn adjusting daily or nightly routines improves executive functioning in youth with ADHD. It will also learn about the acceptability of the intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT06682949
- Testing
- Sleep Extension, Daytime Routine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Cori Manning