What Makes People Better at Describing Photographs?

Healthy Aging Clinical Trial

Official title:

What Makes People Better at Describing Photographs?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05444114
• Other study ID #: 2020-006
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 22, 2022
• Est. completion date: May 23, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: June 2023
• 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 provide verbal descriptions of photographs. Participants will perform a brief mental exercise, then see three photographs with instructions to describe each thoroughly. Participants will also complete several other surveys and measures. Collected data will give researchers a better understanding of how different variables relate to speech production.

Description:

This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the the ability to provide verbal descriptions of photographs. Adult participants ages 18-30 and 65-80 will participate in videoconference calls during which they perform a brief mental exercise, then see three photographs with instructions to describe each thoroughly. Descriptions are to be 30 to 60 seconds in length and are audio recorded for later scoring. Participants will also complete several other surveys and measures, including some about anxiety, mindfulness, vocabulary, and demographics. Participation will take approximately 40 to 60 minutes. Collected data will be de-identified, and the aggregate data will give researchers a better understanding of how individuals' personality and cognitive traits and the mental exercise performed before the study relate to peoples' speech production performance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 181
• Est. completion date: May 23, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: May 23, 2023
• 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

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Aging

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mental Exercise
Participants perform a 10 minute mental exercise

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UCCS	Colorado Springs	Colorado

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Speech Production Performance	Various indices about speech production fluency (e.g., speech rate, pauses, self-corrections) and description content (e.g, what topics are covered) will be scored from the transcribed speech. These outcomes are not measured via a specific tool or scale.	During the 40 to 60 minute experimental session