Clinical trials: Attention Training
Obesity, Overweight
Mobile Attention Retraining in Overweight Female Adolescents
Background: People are constantly exposed to unhealthy foods. Some studies of adults show that training attention away from unhealthy foods might reduce overeating.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Binge Eating, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT02977403
- Testing
- Attention Bias Retraining
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Anxiety, Depression
Attention Bias Modification Training for Young People
Attention bias modification training (ABMT) is a computer-based attention training programme designed to modify the way a person's attention is directed to mild threats in the environment.
- Trial name
- NCT02270671
- Testing
- ABMT
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Dublin
Aggression, Anger
Hostile Bias Modification Training Online Study II
The purpose of this study is to see how people respond on a word completion task relates to how they behave and respond to situations in the real world. This is a two part research study.
- Conditions
- Aggression, Anger, Emotion Regulation, Self-Control
- Trial name
- HBMT II (NCT04015440)
- Testing
- HBMT, Other Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 229 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Animal Assisted Intervention With Dogs for Children With ADHD
This pilot study aims to replicate results of a previously studied novel, non-pharmacological psychosocial intervention for children with ADHD, utilizing an Animal Assisted Intervention with therapy dogs combined with traditional…
- Trial name
- PACK-PM (NCT05102344)
- Testing
- Behavioral Social Skills Training, Animal Assisted Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Healthy Adults
Characterizing the Synergistic Effects of Physical and Cognitive Training on Attention and Working Memory
The primary goal of this project is to evidence potential synergistic benefits on cognitive control processes using a video game ("Body-Brain Trainer", or BBT) that integrates cognitive and physical challenges in a complimentary…
- Trial name
- BBT (NCT03032796)
- Testing
- Body-Brain Trainer, Body Trainer, Brain Trainer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
ADHD
Lifestyle Enhancement for ADHD Program
The purpose of this study is to investigate if physical activity (PA) can increase in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) using a modified behavioral management training (BMT) program.
- Trial name
- LEAP (NCT03690674)
- Testing
- Lifestyle Enhancement for ADHD Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Alcohol Abuse, Cognitive Deficit in Attention
Pilot Study on Training Emerging Adults Skills in Navigating College
Lifetime risk for developing an alcohol use disorder increases with earlier onset of alcohol consumption. This risk may reflect a tendency for escalated alcohol intake among youth due to immature executive control, leading to…
- Trial name
- SINC (NCT05560425)
- Testing
- Koru Mindfulness (KM) Training, Navigating College (NC) Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Healthy Aging
Using Teleneuropsychology to Optimize Cognition in Healthy Aging: the Web-based Breakfast Game
Executive control processes involve initiate, coordinate, synchronize, and regulate elemental cognitive functions for the conduct of goal-directed behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT05506852
- Testing
- Web-based training strategy, Web-based regular training (no strategy)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Schizophrenia
Virtual Reality Training for Social Skills in Schizophrenia
Social impairments are core features of schizophrenia that lead to poor outcome. Social skills and competence improve quality of life and protect against stress-related exacerbation of symptoms, while supporting resilience…
- Trial name
- VR-SS (NCT03128099)
- Testing
- Virtual reality social skills training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Cognitive Aging
Intervention Comparative Effectiveness for Adult Cognitive Training
The study will compare the effect of broad and directed (narrow) technology-based training on basic perceptual and cognitive abilities in older adults and on the performance of simulated tasks of daily living including driving…
- Trial name
- ICE-ACT (NCT03141281)
- Testing
- BrainHQ, Rise of Nations, IADL Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 238 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Gait Disorder
Cognitive Training and Dual-task Ability
The first goal of this study is to examine the extent to which the inclusion of dual-task practice to standard balance rehabilitation results in greater benefits to dual-task ability.
- Trial name
- NCT01895608
- Testing
- Balance rehabilitation + dual-tasking, Standard balance rehabilitation, Cognitive training (speed of processing)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Traumatic Brain Injury
PC-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
The investigators evaluated whether it was possible to improve the measurement of memory, attention, and executive function in patients who have suffered traumatic brain injury through the use of computer-based testing.
- Trial name
- NCT00927576
- Testing
- Digit span testing, Spatial span testing, Finger tapping
- Volunteers
- 265 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Very Premature Baby
Attention Control Training (ACT) and Very Preterm Infants
Infants' attention control, defined as the ability to select what to pay attention to, is a fundamental building block for developing learning abilities and behaviour self-regulation.
- Trial name
- ACT (NCT03896490)
- Testing
- Attention Control Training, Control
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Anxiety Disorders
A Clinical Trial of a Gamified Attention Bias Modification Training in Anxious Youth
Background: Attention bias modification training (ABMT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) likely target different aspects of aberrant threat responses in anxiety disorders and may be combined to maximize therapeutic benefit.
- Trial name
- NCT03283930
- Testing
- Active Attention Bias Modification Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Child Behavior, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Tantrum Tamers 2.0: The Role of Emotion
This study aims to better understand how to best help parents of young children with problem behavior. Problem behaviors vary between and within children, but can include inattention/hyperactivity, tantrums, and/or noncompliance.
- Conditions
- Child Behavior, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Problem Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03597789
- Testing
- Helping the Noncompliant Child (HNC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Aging
The Entorhinal Cortex and Aerobic Exercise in Aging
The overall goal of this study is to examine how regular exercise affects brain function, spatial memory, and virtual navigation. Participation in this research study will take approximately 4 months.
- Trial name
- ECE (NCT02775760)
- Testing
- Cardiovascular endurance, Strength, balance, and flexibility
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University