Clinical trials: Memory, Short-Term
Memory
Individualized Closed Loop TMS for Working Memory Enhancement
The study is investigating working memory brain states by using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in combination with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
- Trial name
- NCT04402294
- Testing
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Cognitive Aging
The Effects of Mixed Working Memory Training on Subsequent Training Gains Among Older Adults
While an intellectually active and socially integrated lifestyle shows promise for promoting cognitive resilience, the mechanisms underlying any such effects are not well understood.
- Trial name
- MixedWM (NCT05672771)
- Testing
- Different Mixed Condition (DM), Different Single Condition (DS), Same Task (ST) Practice Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tobacco Use Disorder
Working Memory Training Combined With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Smokers
Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, and current first-line treatments leave the majority of tobacco dependent individuals unable to quit.
- Trial name
- NCT03337113
- Testing
- Working Memory Training, repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kent State University
Young Adults
Oscillatory Contributions to Working Memory and Attention
The objectives are articulated in the proposal's specific aims: Aim 1: To test the hypothesis that the cognitive control of unattended memory items (UMI) is implemented by the same frontoparietal mechanisms that control spatial…
- Trial name
- NCT03787134
- Testing
- working memory and attention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
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
Schizophrenia
Pharmacologically-augmented Cognitive Therapies (PACTs) for Schizophrenia.
This application seeks renewed support for MH59803, "Dopaminergic substrates of startle gating across species," to extend a clear path of "bench-to-bedside" progress towards a critical paradigm shift in therapeutic models for…
- Trial name
- NCT02634684
- Testing
- Dextroamphetamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Executive Function
Theta Connectivity in Working Memory
The participants will perform a cognitive control task. During the task, rhythmic trains of transcranial magnetic stimulation will be delivered to the prefrontal cortex and parietal cortex.
- Trial name
- STAR (NCT05204381)
- Testing
- Theta-frequency near-zero phase lag stimulation, Theta-frequency anti-synchrony stimulation, Arrhythmic near-zero phase lag stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
NMDA Receptor Function
The Effects of Ketamine and Guanfacine on Working Memory in Healthy Subjects
The purpose of the study is 1. To establish the feasibility of fMRI studies of the interaction of guanfacine and ketamine. 2. To explore the possibility that guanfacine can ameliorate the negative effects of ketamine on…
- Trial name
- GuaKet (NCT01600885)
- Testing
- Guanfacine
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder
Network Control TMS fMRI
This study uses different types of functional magnetic resonance imagining (fMRI) to generate individual transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) targets.
- Conditions
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Working Memory
- Trial name
- NCT05736458
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), High controllability TMS target
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Down Syndrome, Intellectual Disability
Down Syndrome Memantine Follow-up Study
The purpose of this research study is to learn if the medication Memantine Hydrochloride (the study medication) can help adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome. Dr.
- Trial name
- NCT02304302
- Testing
- Memantine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Brazil
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Healthy, Brain Stimulation
Effects of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation on Task Performance in Healthy Adults
The objective of this randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, crossover study is to evaluate the effects of transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) on complex cognitive task performance in healthy adult volunteers.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Brain Stimulation, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Cognition
- Trial name
- BRAIN-STIM (NCT06995560)
- Testing
- Active Transcranial Electrical Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Cognitive Change
Patient Centered-Rehabilitation ver111090.1
As we age, a number of factors can reduce our cognitive (or thinking) abilities. This study will evaluate whether transcranial electrical stimulation (TES), which uses small amounts of electricity to modulate brain functioning…
- Trial name
- PCN1 (NCT03034954)
- Testing
- Active HD-tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Brain Injuries
CDP-Choline and Working Memory After TBI: A Neuroimaging Study
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an investigational drug, called "CDP-Choline", improves memory in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Trial name
- NCT00727246
- Testing
- CDP-Choline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Patricia M. Arenth
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive Ability Training in Seniors
This study investigates the beneficial effects of prefrontal brain stimulation (with transcranial direct current stimulation [tDCS]) during working memory training in seniors with subjective memory impairments.The…
- Trial name
- CATS (NCT02587338)
- Testing
- Verum tDCS
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wuerzburg University Hospital
Working Memory
Traveling-wave Transcranial Electric Stimulation
This study will assess the impact of traveling wave transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on working memory performance in adults.
- Trial name
- TravelingTES (NCT05399381)
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota