Clinical trials: Working Memory
Anxiety, Psychological Stress
Effects of Sitting Meditation and Hatha Yoga in Adolescents
The present study was a randomized controlled trial that explored the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of short-term mindfulness training among adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT02339363
- Testing
- Sitting Meditation, Hatha yoga
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alliant International University
Working Memory
Modulation of Brain Oscillations Underlying Working Memory
This study will use novel transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) protocols and electroencephalography (EEG) to modulate and measure brain oscillations that underlie working memory.
- Trial name
- NCT05923606
- Testing
- Active tACS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Working Memory
Influence of Fampridine on Working Memory in Healthy Young Subjects
Proof of concept study on the acute effects on working memory of 10 mg fampridine SR as well as the effects after repeated administration of 10 mg twice daily (3.5 days).
- Trial name
- FamH (NCT04652557)
- Testing
- Fampridine SR
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dominique de Quervain, MD
Depressive Symptoms
The Effect of Emotional Working Memory Training on Reducing Depressive Symptoms
The purpose of this study is to test whether emotional working memory training and attention bias modification training are an effective neurobehavioral therapy to improve depressive symptoms.That is whether emotional working…
- Trial name
- NCT04346771
- Testing
- Working memory training, Positive ABMT
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunan Normal University
Obesity, Cognitive Disorder
Emotional Regulation, Cognition, Impulsivity and Reward System in Obesity: A Prospective Study of Bariatric Surgery
This research investigates obesity and associated psychiatric symptoms and disorders in a wide range of perspectives, to demonstrate the effects of obesity on the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT03528044
- Testing
- Bariatric surgery
- Where
- 3 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Koç University
Menopause
Choline and Brain Functioning in Postmenopausal Women
This study will use a randomized placebo-controlled trial to examine a single oral dose of 1650 mg choline influences brain functioning as measured by fMRI.
- Trial name
- NCT07264257
- Testing
- Choline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform Disorders
Functional Brain Activation Patterns in Schizophrenia, Measured Before and After Treatment
In this study we, the investigators at UMC Utrecht, intend to investigate changes in brain activation patterns using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in patients suffering from schizophrenia who are medication naive…
- Trial name
- NCT00161057
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht
Breast Cancer
Rehabilitation of Cognitive Changes in Breast Cancer Survivors
The purpose of this study is to test a memory training program for breast cancer survivors who have problems with memory after receiving chemotherapy.
- Trial name
- NCT01182506
- Testing
- Cogmed Working Memory Training Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Schizophrenia
Paired Associative Stimulation in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Patients With Schizophrenia
The purpose of this study is to 1. assess the effect of PAS in schizophrenia in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) 2. assess the effect of PAS induced long-term potentiation (LTP) on the performance of patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT01545999
- Testing
- Brain Stimulation via Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Executive Functions (EF), Working Memory
Beyond Aerobic Fitness: Effects of Coordination and Aerobic Exercise on Executive Functions in School-Aged Children
This randomized controlled trial aims to compare the effects of aerobic exercise and coordination-based exercise on executive functions in school-aged children aged 10 to 12 years.
- Conditions
- Executive Functions (EF), Working Memory, Selective Attention
- Trial name
- NCT07658404
- Testing
- Aerobic Exercise Program, Coordination Exercise Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Gelisim University
Healthy, Memory Impairment
The Effects AZD8529 on Ketamine-induced Impairment of Working Memory in Healthy Volunteers
The purpose of this study is to assess if ketamine will induce, in healthy volunteers, impairment of working memory and if the drug AZD8529 will block the effects of ketamine on working memory as assessed by functional magnetic…
- Trial name
- NCT00985933
- Testing
- AZD8529
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
ADHD
Target ADHD Executive Working Memory Replication Study
The proposed study will replicate target engagement as assessed in the first phase while also determining if it correlates with clinically meaningful improvements in ADHD dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT06446284
- Testing
- EWM Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hartford Hospital
Auditory Fatigue
Evaluation of Auditory Fatigue in Medical Regulation Assistants
Auditory monitoring of employees is currently based on pure-tone audiometry. However, this clinical examination does not prevent from deafness but established it a posteriori.
- Trial name
- EchoSam (NCT02384681)
- Testing
- Exposure to auditory fatigue
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Aging, Hearing Loss
Working Memory Changes With Aging and Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is one of the most common health concerns affecting 1 in 3 Americans over 60 years of age rising to 1 in 2 for those over 85 years old.
- Trial name
- NCT01253031
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Essential Tremor
Ventrointermediate Nucleus (VIM DBS) and Working Memory
This is part of a larger study for which participants have already completed memory and thinking tests. In this study, investigators are trying to learn how deep-brain stimulation affects memory skills in essential tremor (ET)…
- Trial name
- WMVIM (NCT00906412)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Intrusive Memories of Traumatic Event(s)
A Brief Cognitive Task Intervention for NHS Staff Affected by COVID-19 Trauma (GAINS-2 Study)
Frontline healthcare staff are frequently exposed to traumatic events at work (e.g., witnessing patients die), amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Trial name
- GAINS-2 (NCT05616676)
- Testing
- Brief digital imagery-competing task, Brief digital music-listening task, Treatment As Usual
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- P1vital Products Limited
Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive Changes After Major Joint Replacement
Patients assume that cognitive performance rapidly returns to baseline after anesthesia and surgery. Several studies have shown that one week after major non-cardiac surgery about 27% of patients have postoperative cognitive…
- Conditions
- Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Delirium, Cognitive Deficit
- Trial name
- Cognigram (NCT02964221)
- Testing
- Cognitive Testing
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr. Stephen Choi
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
Behavior, Health
Train Your Brain 2.0 - Improving Memory and Decision Making Among Youth
The goal of this clinical trial is to deliver a computer-based working memory training program to improve delay discounting (DD) and prevent substance misuse among at-risk adolescents in a traditionally underserved area.
- Trial name
- NCT06242704
- Testing
- Working Memory Training, Working Memory
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Aerobic Exercise
Effects of Low and High Intensity Exercise in Improving Working Memory Among Students With Anxiety Symptoms
Anxiety levels among the younger generation especially students have been increasing drastically in recent years. This severely affects a student's academics as previous studies have shown a strong correlation between high…
- Trial name
- NCT02648945
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Manisha Parai