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Development, Attention, and Inhibition Study

University of California, Davis · with Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) · NCT06605001

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 4–7 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
200
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
August 21, 2024
Record last updated
April 15, 2026

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What the study is about

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the associations of young children's early life experiences with delaying behaviors and links with later life outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Do experiences with waiting in early childhood predict delaying behavior in context-specific ways?
  • Are links between delaying behavior and life outcomes impacted by social conventions, effort and choices around delaying, or other behaviors?

Participants will

  • Complete two delaying tasks with either a sweet or wrapped gift
  • Complete three "Simon says"-like games that measure inhibition, cognitive flexibility and proactive control
  • Answer a set of questions about academic readiness
  • Answer a set of questions about social conventions
  • Complete a waiting game on the computer while a camera records eye movements
  • Parents will answer questions about their child's behaviors and experiences at home
  • Participants will return after 1 year to repeat a subset of these measures

Being studied: Delay of Gratification

Conditions: The Ability to Delay Gratification

Eligibility criteria

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Typically developing children will be recruited. Participants will be pre-screened for developmental disorders.

Recruiting US locations

  • Center for Mind and Brain

    Davis, CA 95618

    Site contact: Lab Manager · 530-754-4562 · ciclm@ucdavis.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Rachel Foster, B.S. · +1 530 754 4551 · refoster@ucdavis.edu
  • Yuko Munakata, PhD · ymunakata@ucdavis.edu
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