Clinical trials: Working Memory
Congenital Heart Disease, Neurodevelopment
Improving Neurodevelopment in Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease
Executive dysfunction can profoundly impact all dimensions of a child's development. Impairments in executive function are a central component of the neurodevelopmental phenotype associated with CHD, and manifest as behavioral…
- Conditions
- Congenital Heart Disease, Neurodevelopment, Executive Function, Working Memory Training
- Trial name
- NCT02759263
- Testing
- Cogmed Working Memory Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Healthy Preschoolers
Fundamental Movement Skills Training Improves Executive Functions in Preschoolers
This randomized controlled trial investigated the effects of a 12-week structured fundamental movement skills (FMS) training program on executive functions in 34 healthy preschoolers aged 5-6 years.
- Trial name
- FMS-EF-RCT (NCT07725354)
- Testing
- Fundamental Movement Skills Training, Regular Physical Activity
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xi'an Physical Education University
Healthy
Effect of Direct Current Polarization on Brain Function
This study will test a new electrical technique called direct current (DC) polarization that is able to change brain activity in subtle ways for a short time.
- Trial name
- NCT00088569
- Testing
- 0-15 Water
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Healthy Volunteers
Memory and Attention in Healthy Children
This project studies memory and attention in healthy children aged from 5 to 17 years. The processes investigated are short term memory (auditory and visual) and attention.
- Trial name
- MASK (NCT02858752)
- Testing
- Experience 1 : Auditory and Visual Discrimination, Experience 2 : Passive and Active Auditory Perception, Experience 3 : Visual Attention Training
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Depressive Symptoms, Remited Major Depressive Disorder
Cognitive Control Emotion Training to Prevent Major Depression in Youth At-Risk
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if intervention of positive emotion working memory (PEWM), or negative emotion working memory (NEWM), or positive attention bias training (PABT) can prevent major depressive disorder…
- Trial name
- CTE 2019 (NCT04346784)
- Testing
- positive emotion working memory(PEWM) training, negative emtion working memory(NEWM) training, PABT
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Hunan Normal University
Bilateral Hearing Loss
Pilot Study of the Feasibility and Efficacy of Working Memory Training in Children With Cochlear Implants
This study is an investigation of the effect of a computer-based working memory training program on memory and language processing in at-risk children (e.g., those with working memory weaknesses) who have received cochlear…
- Trial name
- NCT00763243
- Testing
- Cogmed Working Memory Training Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana 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
Central Auditory Processing Disorder
Virtual Reality Game to Enhance Auditory Processing in Children With Cochlear Implants
This study aimed to design and evaluate the effectiveness of a virtual reality-based restaurant simulation game to improve central auditory processing skills in children with bilateral cochlear implants.
- Trial name
- NCT06788184
- Testing
- Virtual Reality (VR) Game for Auditory Processing, Traditional Auditory Rehabilitation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Aydın University
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
Brain Disorder, Healthy
Differences in Brain Processing of First and Second Languages (Korean and English)
This study will examine differences in how the brain processes English and Korean in native Korean speakers who are fluent and non-fluent in English as a second language.
- Trial name
- NCT00016510
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Drug Abuse, Prenatal Drug Exposure
Prenatal Drug Exposure: Effects on the Adolescent Brain and Behavior Development
Background: Recent research has suggested that prenatal exposure to drugs may affect specific brain processes, including working memory, stress response, and decision making.
- Trial name
- NCT01020669
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Inuniv and Working Memory
Minimum 24 subjects aged 8-12 with a diagnosis of ADHD will be prescribed extended release guanfacine (Intuniv) to assess impact, if any, on working memory.
- Trial name
- NCT01177306
- Testing
- extended release guanfacine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Lori A. Schweickert, MD
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
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Working Memory
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Effect on Pain Threshold and Working Memory: Impact of Age and Protocol Type
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation method which has great potential as an aid in the therapeutic management of neuropsychiatric disorders and chronic pain syndromes.
- Conditions
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Working Memory, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT04328545
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS on DLPFC, Anodal tDCS on M1
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
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
Brain Tumor
Cognitive Training in the Virtual Reality Setting With Children Undergoing Radiotherapy for Brain Tumors
The objective of this study is to estimate the feasibility and acceptability of cognitive training in the virtual reality setting with children undergoing radiotherapy for brain tumors.
- Trial name
- NCT05947045
- Testing
- Cognitive training via iPad, Cognitive training via virtual reality
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Single Ventricle Heart Disease
Cognitive Intervention to Improve Working Memory
Adolescents with single ventricle heart disease (SVHD) (10 males and 10 females) with mild to moderate cognitive impairment will participate in a total of 25 computer-based working memory training sessions, each 30-40 minutes (5…
- Trial name
- NCT03687008
- Testing
- Cognitive Computer Based Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
ADHD, Dyslexia
Computerized Working Memory Training
Prior research has found that children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and reading difficulties (RD) are at an elevated risk of developing further cognitive deficits and developmental challenges.
- Trial name
- NCT06567444
- Testing
- Working memory intervention
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong
Pediatric Obesity, Inhibition
Brain Mechanisms of Overeating in Children
The proposed research will follow healthy weight children who vary by family risk for obesity to identify the neurobiological and appetitive traits that are implicated in overeating and weight gain during the critical…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Inhibition, Decision Making, fMRI
- Trial name
- RO1 (NCT03341247)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 254 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University