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Effectiveness of Cognitive Training in Older and Younger Adults

University of Wisconsin, Madison · with National Institute on Aging (NIA) · NCT06375681

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–85 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
1600
US sites recruiting
3
Study start
April 1, 2025
Record last updated
May 29, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

The proposed study will enroll 1600 participants to examine the effectiveness of cognitive training. Participants will be randomized into different experimental groups and can expect to participate for up to 15 hours of research over 4 to 8 weeks.

Being studied: Visual and / or Auditory Cognitive Tasks (1); Visual and / or Auditory Cognitive Tasks (2)

Conditions: Cognitive Change

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Self-reported normal or corrected-to-normal vision
  • No known neurological impairments
  • Age within inclusion range (18-30 Years for Younger Adults and 60-85 Years for Older Adults)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Physical handicap (motor or perceptual) that would impede training procedures
  • Concurrent enrollment in other cognitive training studies
  • Not being proficient enough in English that would prevent following and understanding all instructions and completing all testing sessions (typically, participants would need to have learned English before age 11; there might be some exceptions that will be decided on a case-by-case basis).
  • Unable to adhere to training schedule

Additional exclusion criteria for older adults:

  • Score \< 17 (out of 22) on the Telephone Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA).

Recruiting US locations

  • University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, CA 92521

    Site contact: Aaron Seitz, PhD · 951-827-6422 · aseitz@ucr.edu

  • Northeastern University

    Boston, MA 02115

    Site contact: Susanne Jaeggi, PhD · 617-373-3653 · s.jaeggi@northeastern.edu

  • University of Wisconsin - Madison

    Madison, WI 53706

    Site contact: C. Shawn Green, PhD · 608-263-4868 · cshawn.green@wisc.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • C. Shawn Green, PhD · (608) 263-4868 · cshawn.green@wisc.edu
  • Freya Joessel, PhD · joessel@wisc.edu
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