Clinical trials: Executive Function
Cognitive Function, Executive Function
Effects of the EEG-neurofeedback on Cognitive Function
Executive function play a key role in boosting human behavioural performance. Based on scientific literature, it is still controversial whether electroencephalography-based neurofeedback (EEG-NFB) represents an effective…
- Trial name
- NCT05694377
- Testing
- electroencephalography-based neurofeedback (EEG-NFB)
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
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
Cognition, Sodium Bicarbonate
Exercise-Induced Lactate and Cognitive Function (ExLBC)
A single bout of exercise can rapidly improve cognitive functions including memory, attention, and executive functions, which help us navigate through everyday life.
- Conditions
- Cognition, Sodium Bicarbonate, Lactate, Exercise
- Trial name
- NCT06817681
- Testing
- Sodium Bicarbonate (NaHCO3)
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Adolescent Behavior
Developing and Evaluating a Meta-cognitive Intervention Amongst Adolescents With Neuro-development Disabilities
Adolescents with neuro-developmental disabilities such as attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), specific learning disabilities (LD) and developmental coordination disorder (DCD) display functional difficulties in all…
- Trial name
- FITTED (NCT03618563)
- Testing
- functional individualized therapy for teenagers with executive deficits
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sara Rosenblum
ADHD, Child, Only
A Randomized Controlled Study of Family Based EF Training for Schoolage Children With ADHD
The goal of this study is to provide a new treatment approach for schoolage children with ADHD, which could facilitate the EF developing well to achieve better outcome.
- Trial name
- NCT05025501
- Testing
- Family based Executive Function Training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Executive Dysfunctions
Prevalence of Impaired Executive Functions
The evaluation of executive functions, as well as the means of stimulating and preserving them, are at the heart of the challenges for maintaining a level of functional autonomy in the elderly, but also during the loss of this…
- Trial name
- EXEPA (NCT05311969)
- Testing
- cognitive evaluations and non cognitive evaluations
- Where
- 8 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondation Korian pour le Bien Vieillir
Screen Time, Performance Enhancing
The Effect of Aerobic Exercise Training on Collegiate eSport Team Players
E-sports, which is called video games that are played in a competitive and organized way in a virtual environment, individually or in like teams, continues to increase its popularity by reaching individuals of all ages with the…
- Conditions
- Screen Time, Performance Enhancing, Injury Prevention, Executive Function
- Trial name
- NCT05317104
- Testing
- Aerobic exercise
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahçeşehir University
Behavioral Problem of Child
Japi: Cognitive, Emotional and Social Stimulation for Preschool Children
Mental health disorders are one of the leading causes of illness globally, and their relevance is expected to increase. Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC), already facing psychological and behavioral issues due to chronic…
- Trial name
- Japi (NCT06420544)
- Testing
- JAPI: Cognitive, Emotional and Social Stimulation for Preschool Children
- Where
- 2 sites in Chile
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de los Andes, Chile
Sleep, Executive Functioning
Online Sleep Education for College Student's Sleep Health and Executive Functioning
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if asynchronous psychoeducational sleep intervention works to improve college students' levels of self-reported sleep health literacy, sleep quality, and executive functioning.
- Conditions
- Sleep, Executive Functioning, Sleep Hygiene, Health Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT07765849
- Testing
- Psychoeducational Sleep Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northern Arizona University
Healthy Older Adults, Parkinson Disease
Brain Activity, Cognitive Function, and Walking Ability in Parkinson's Disease
The dual-task automated walking performance in people with Parkinson\'s disease (PD) is affected by their gait disturbances and impaired executive functions.
- Trial name
- NCT06588920
- Testing
- Cognitive function, gait, and electroencephalogram
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung 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
Preterm Infants
Executive Function in Preterm Born Children: An Integrative Approach From Genetics to Brain Function
Hd-EEG and MRI measures are used to study the maturation of functional networks in order to identify the neural circuits underlying executive and memory processes in children born preterm.
- Trial name
- NCT01615523
- Testing
- MRI, EEG and cognitive testing
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Attention, Memory, Short-Term
Effectiveness of Modafinil in Improving Cognitive Performance of University Students
The purpose of this study is to determine whether modafinil is effective in the improvement of mnesic performance and executive functions of university students from high academic performance.
- Conditions
- Attention, Memory, Short-Term, Executive Function
- Trial name
- NCT01365897
- Testing
- Modafinil
- Where
- 2 sites in Chile
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Valparaiso
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
Child Behavior
Physical Activity Intervention Effects on Executive Function, Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Children
The current study aims to implement the Activity Breaks intervention and evaluate its effectiveness on outcome measures of executive function (EF), physical activity (PA), and sedentary behaviour (SB) in school children.
- Trial name
- NCT06376864
- Testing
- Activity Breaks
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Baptist University
Mindfulness
Mindfulness and Executive Functions for Prediction of Non-technical Skills of Students in Pediatric Medical Simulations
Medical simulation is a technique that creates a situation or environment to allow persons to experience a representation of a real event for the purpose of practice, learning, evaluation, testing or to gain understanding of…
- Trial name
- MindExSim (NCT03761355)
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Bialystok
Healthy
Acute Effect of tDCS in Young Individuals
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of transcranial electrical stimulation (tDCS) on motor performance, autonomic control and attentional and executive functions in young individuals.
- Trial name
- NCT06109727
- Testing
- cerebellar transcranial electrical stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Young Healthy Adults
Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training Exercise on Cognitive Function of Young Adults
To explore the sustainability of the acute effect of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on executive function in young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT06621550
- Testing
- High Intensity Interval Training
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Executive Functions (EF), Cognitive Development
Development of Executive Functions in Children and Adolescents: Establishment of a Reference Norm for the Assessment of Executive Functions in Ecological Settings (eEFEe Tool)
The aim of this interventional study is to develop a normative reference for the ecological assessment of executive functions in children and adolescents using the eEFEe tool.
- Conditions
- Executive Functions (EF), Cognitive Development, Normative Data
- Trial name
- DFEE (NCT07654920)
- Testing
- eEFEe Ecological Assessment and Standardized Testing
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Mutualiste de Rééducation et de Réadaptation Fonctionnelles de Kerpape
Body Composition, Executive Functioning
Early Genetic and Environmental Influences on Eating - The Baylor Infant Twins Study
The purpose of this study is to better understand the genetic and environmental etiology of early infant effortful control and infant feeding behaviors, and preschool executive functioning and eating behaviors.
- Conditions
- Body Composition, Executive Functioning, Temperament
- Trial name
- BITS (NCT04306523)
- Testing
- Observation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine