Clinical trials: Cognitive Flexibility, open to volunteers
Menopause, Stress, Psychological
Fascial Yoga in Menopausal Women
Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of a structured fascial yoga-based behavioral intervention on perceived stress, cognitive control, and cognitive flexibility in menopausal women.
- Conditions
- Menopause, Stress, Psychological, Cognitive Flexibility, Nonpharmacological Interventions
- Trial name
- FascialYogaM (NCT07401810)
- Testing
- Fascial Yoga Program
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Schizophrenia, Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity (ADHD)
Investigating Mediodorsal Thalamus Representations Underlying Human Cognitive Flexibility
The goal of this basic experimental research study is to examine how the human thalamus supports flexible thinking and behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT07217652
- Testing
- High-resolution fMRI during working memory, cognitive control, and decision-making tasks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kai Hwang
Healthy
Investigating Cognitive Flexibility Training
The investigators' previous research identified two distinct subtypes of Cognitive Flexibility (CF), termed CF1 (shifting flexibility) and CF2 (strategy flexibility).
- Trial name
- NCT07556250
- Testing
- Experimental (Implicit Training): Structure Learning Training, Active Control (Explicit Training): 'All You Can E.T.'
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
Anxiety Disorders
Effects of tDCS on Fear Reversal in Patients With Anxiety Disorders
This study evaluates the effects of single-session Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on fear reversal learning in patients with anxiety disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT07405463
- Testing
- Cathodal tDCS (rDLPFC), Anodal tDCS (vmPFC), Anodal tDCS (lDLPFC)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jingchu Hu
ARFID, Anorexia Nervosa
Cognitive Evaluation of Patients With Eating Disorders
The goal of this cross - sectional observational study is to improve understanding of the psychological and cognitive characteristics of Feeding and Eating Disorders (FEDs), a group of conditions that represent a growing public…
- Conditions
- ARFID, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Cognitive Flexibility
- Trial name
- DNA_ARFID (NCT07478510)
- Testing
- Go/No-go, IAT, WCST
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA
Executive Function
Comparison Between Plyometrics and Calisthenics on Executive Function in School Going Children
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effects of calisthenics and plyometric exercises on executive functions in school-going children.
- Trial name
- NCT06770192
- Testing
- Calisthenics, Plyometric, Control
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Flexibility and the Predictive Brain in Autistic Males and Females
The goal of this study is to compare the neural correlates of predictive brain mechanisms during high-level social and non-social flexibility tasks, between autistic and non-autistic males and females.
- Trial name
- FLEX-PREAU (NCT06391684)
- Testing
- Social/non social; predictable vs unpredictable
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder
Study on Mental Health Promoting Effects of Natural Psychotherapy for Adolescents
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the efficacy of a universal intervention based on Natural Psychotherapy in reducing anxiety and depressive symptoms among primary and middle school students.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Mental Health
- Trial name
- NP-A-MHP (NCT07639476)
- Testing
- Multi-modal Nature-based Meditation, Intervention diary
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital
Nursing Education
The Effect of Chess Intervention
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a chess programme on nursing students' critical thinking tendencies and levels of cognitive flexibility.
- Trial name
- NCT07769762
- Testing
- Chess Programme
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Healthy Aging, Cognitive Benefits
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Acute High-Intensity Exercise Effects on Brain and Cognitive Function in Older Adults
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a single session of high-intensity interval exercise (HIIT) affects cognitive performance and brain activity in older adults, and whether cardiorespiratory fitness influences…
- Conditions
- Healthy Aging, Cognitive Benefits, Cardio Respiratory Fitness, Brain Activity
- Trial name
- ExBrain (NCT07727577)
- Testing
- High-Intensity Interval Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colby-Sawyer College
Child Development, Executive Functions (EF)
Sharing Tales That Teach: Shared Picturebook Reading for Early Childhood Emotional and Cognitive Development
Sharing Tales That Teach is a randomised study of a shared picturebook reading programme for 4- to 5-year-old children and their primary caregivers.
- Conditions
- Child Development, Executive Functions (EF), Emotion Regulation
- Trial name
- STTT (NCT07666802)
- Testing
- Emotion-Focused Shared Picturebook Reading, Standard Dialogic Picturebook Reading
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Greenwich
Orthorexia Nervosa
Effects of tDCS on Cognitive Flexibility and EEG Oscillations in Orthorexia Nervosa
Orthorexia Nervosa (ON); is a condition characterized by individuals being overly focused on healthy eating habits, constantly checking and classifying the foods they will consume.
- Trial name
- NCT07141979
- Testing
- Active tDCS
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Unique Electroencephalography (EEG) Markers of Habit Behaviors in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
This study focuses on explaining the occurrence and development of compulsive behaviors from habit hypothesis. Investigators will study both OCD patients and healthy individuals using Hardwick's forced-response time task(2019)…
- Trial name
- NCT06882902
- Testing
- habit formation training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Mental Health Center
Endotoxemia, Inflammation
Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Lypopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation and Executive Function
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are substances produced by gut bacteria when they ferment dietary fiber. They can act as signals between the gut and the brain and may help regulate the body's immune and stress responses.
- Conditions
- Endotoxemia, Inflammation, Executive Function (Cognition)
- Trial name
- NCT07713641
- Testing
- Short-Chain Fatty Acid Colon-Delivery Capsules, Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Cognitive Assessment, Working Memory
Evaluation of the Impact of a Nutritional Formulation on Cognitive Performance Following Stress Exposure.
The proposed project will evaluate the synergistic effects of a nutritional formulation, 'Think Tank' on cognitive performance following exposure to a psychological and physical stressor.
- Conditions
- Cognitive Assessment, Working Memory, Executive Function (Cognition), Sustained Attention
- Trial name
- NCT07319117
- Testing
- Skoshify 'Think Tank' Formulation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Leeds Beckett University