What Makes People Better at Retrieving Difficult Words?

Healthy Aging Clinical Trial

Official title:

What Makes People Better at Retrieving Difficult Words?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05066750
• Other study ID #: 2020-005
• Secondary ID: R15AG063111-01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 23, 2021
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to produce words in response to definitions. Participants will watch a video, then see definitions and try to come up with a word that fits each one. Participants will also complete some surveys and other measures. Collected data will give researchers a better understanding of how individuals' personality and cognitive traits and setting in which word retrieval occurs relate to the ability to produce individual words.

Description:

This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to produce words in response to definitions. Adult participants ages 18-30 and 65-80 will participate in videoconference calls during which a video is shown and definitions are presented. Participants will try to come up with a word that fits each definition, and then complete some surveys, including some about anxiety, mindfulness, attention, vocabulary, and demographics. Participation will take approximately 1.25 hours. Collected data will be de-identified, and the aggregate data will give researchers a better understanding of how individuals' personality and cognitive traits and setting in which word retrieval occurs relate to peoples' ability to produce individual words.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 170
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: September 20, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• fluent speakers of English ages 18-30 or ages 65-80

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Aging

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mindful breathing
Participants watch a 10 minute mindful breathing video
• Control video
Participants watch a 10 minute control video

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UCCS	Colorado Springs	Colorado

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs	National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Word Retrieval Performance	Percent of trials with correct responses and percent of trials that are word retrieval failures will be measured on a task created for this purpose. Specifically, participants will try to provide words that best fit definitions, indicating when a word gets stuck on the "tip of their tongue."	During the 1.25 hour experimental session