Clinical trials: Working Memory
Neurofeedback, Cognitive Training
Neurofeedback Removal of Emotional Information From Mind
This project will examine whether individuals can be trained, using real-time feedback about brain function during neuroimaging, to effectively remove thoughts from mind by providing them with a sense of what it feels like to…
- Conditions
- Neurofeedback, Cognitive Training, Memory, Short-Term, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- Trial name
- remtrain (NCT06460207)
- Testing
- fMRI neurofeedback
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Substance Dependency, Addiction
Working Memory Training for Substance Dependent Individuals
Background: Substance abusers show impaired working memory (WM) functioning. Promising findings show training WM results in an improved working memory capacity (WMC) and a decrease of clinical symptoms in a range of disorders…
- Conditions
- Substance Dependency, Addiction, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT02119949
- Testing
- Working memory training
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Delay Discounting
An Assessment of Cognitive Improvement Training Among Mid-life Individuals
Many health-relevant decisions involve intertemporal (now vs. later) tradeoffs. Extensive literature indicates that many negative health and financial consequences suffered in mid-life are linked to adversity and disadvantage…
- Trial name
- RehabEF (NCT03501706)
- Testing
- Sequenced Recall of Digits--Auditory, Sequenced Reverse Recall of Digits--Auditory, Sequenced Recall of Words--Visual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 680 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Older Adults (60 - 85 Years Old), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Non-invasive Stimulation of Deep Brain Structures to Modulate Working Memory
A study investigating the effects of non-invasive electrical stimulation of deep brain structures on working memory, attention, and executive functions involved in everyday activities.
- Trial name
- DEEPBRAIN (NCT07560904)
- Testing
- Non-invasive deep brain stimulation of striatum via transcranial temporal interference stimulation (20 Hz), Control striatal stimulation, Non-invasive deep brain stimulation of striatum via transcranial temporal interference stimulation (60 Hz)
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Masaryk University
Down Syndrome, Intellectual Disability
Escalating Doses of Memantine in Down Syndrome (MEDS-123)
Down syndrome (DS) is typically caused by an extra chromosome 21 in the cell nucleus (trisomy 21, or T21). T21 is both the most common cause of genetically defined intellectual disability and the earliest documented cause of…
- Conditions
- Down Syndrome, Intellectual Disability, Alzheimer Dementia (AD)
- Trial name
- NCT07531940
- Testing
- Memantine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Balance, Lower Limb
Effect of Ballet Course on Lower Limb Strength, Balance, Working Memory and the Compliance and Satisfaction
In recent years, sports have become popular, and major gyms or private exercise studios have been opened continuously. A dazzling array of course content allows students to choose according to their preferences.
- Conditions
- Balance, Lower Limb, Strength, Working Memory
- Trial name
- NCT05683587
- Testing
- ballet course, strength course
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Memory, Long-Term, Memory, Short-Term
Influence of Losartan and Diphenhydramine on Emotional and Cognitive Functions in Healthy Human Subjects
This project aims at identifying novel pharmacological targets for the treatment of memory disorders.
- Trial name
- LoDi-Basel (NCT01321021)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dominique de Quervain, MD
Cognitive Enhancement
Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Stimulation to Enhance Cognition in Healthy Participants
This study examines the impact of theta-burst transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (tFUS) on cognitive performance in healthy participants, specifically focusing on both acute and post-stimulation effects on visual working…
- Trial name
- NCT06829368
- Testing
- Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Stimulation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
ADHD
Accelerated iTBS Targeting of Working Memory Versus Inhibitory Control in Adolescent ADHD
The objective of this project is to examine the differential therapeutic effect of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS; a type of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation) to the left DLPFC versus right PreSMA in…
- Trial name
- WINK (NCT07219810)
- Testing
- intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Bradley Hospital
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
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Cognitive Control Training for Extinction in PTSD
The proposed study will test whether a working memory training (WMT) program improves fear extinction learning and its underlying neural circuitry in Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD
- Trial name
- NCT06629064
- Testing
- Working Memory Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Depression, Inflammation
Simvastatin and Emotional Processing (OxSTEP)
Simvastatin is being employed because it is a 'statin'. As a drug class, statins have broad anti-inflammatory properties. Low-level inflammation is thought to be a potentially important mediator of the effects of psychosocial…
- Trial name
- OxSTEP (NCT04973800)
- Testing
- Simvastatin 20mg
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Cocaine Addiction, Cocaine-related Disorder
Prefrontal Cortex Stimulation as Treatment for Crack-cocaine Addiction
The use of crack-cocaine is growing at alarming rate in our country and it is absolutely worrisome the fast establishment of addiction to it.
- Conditions
- Cocaine Addiction, Cocaine-related Disorder, Executive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT01337297
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Espirito Santo
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Tourette Syndrome
Computerized Working Memory Training in Children With ADHD and Comorbid Tourette Syndrome
The investigators will conduct a randomized placebo-controlled trial of a computerized intervention targeting working memory in 30 children with comorbid Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Tourette Syndrome (TS).
- Trial name
- NCT02732496
- Testing
- Targeted Cognitive Training (TCT), Youth Appropriate Online Games
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Math Learning Disability
Understanding Cognitive-Academic Bidirectionality in Math Learning Disabilities
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effects of an innovative intervention designed to improve math skills in first graders at risk for math disabilities.
- Trial name
- NCT07220746
- Testing
- Coordinated Treatment, Math Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Schizophrenia
A Pilot Trial of Acute N-Acetylcysteine Effects on Working Memory and Other Cognitive Functions in Schizophrenia
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of the amino acid supplement N-Acetylcysteine versus placebo on working memory and other cognitive functions in persons with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- NAC (NCT01232790)
- Testing
- N-Acetylcysteine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Inhibition (Psychology), Updating
Attentional Control Training in Older Adults: Efficacy, Transfer and Brain Substrates
Formal education and cognitively stimulating hobbies and profession have a protective effect against age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.
- Conditions
- Inhibition (Psychology), Updating, General Knowledge, No Training
- Trial name
- NCT03532113
- Testing
- Updating, Inhibition, General knowledge
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal
Hypoxia, Hypoxia Brain
Study of the Effects of Acute Exposure to Moderate Altitude Hypoxia on Prospective Memory.
The goal of this study is to investigate whether prospective memory, i.e., memory for delayed intentions, is impaired at moderate altitude (4,000m).
- Conditions
- Hypoxia, Hypoxia Brain, Hypoxia Altitude Simulation Test, Hypoxia in Healthy Individuals
- Trial name
- HYPRO (NCT07585227)
- Testing
- Hypoxia exposure, Oxygen administration, Air administration
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées
Anodal Stimulation tDCS, Schizophrenia
Efficacy and Mechanisms of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) - Effects on Working Memory in Schizophrenia
Impairments of cognition are a core, severely disabling feature of schizophrenia leading to poor long-term outcome with no established treatment available.
- Conditions
- Anodal Stimulation tDCS, Schizophrenia, Working Memory
- Trial name
- NCT02823639
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Mild Cognitive Impairment
The Impact of Physical Exercise on Working Memory in Elderly People With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Age-related cognitive decline has evolved into a global public health concern, with deteriorated executive function serving as its predominant manifestation.
- Trial name
- NCT07644156
- Testing
- Resistance band exercise intervention, Brisk walking intervention, Eight-Section brocade exercise intervention
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai University of Sport