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Moderators and Mediators of Perceptual Learning

University of Wisconsin, Madison · with National Eye Institute (NEI) · NCT05894967

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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
1140
US sites recruiting
2
Study start
April 14, 2023
Record last updated
December 15, 2025

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

What the study is about

This is a research study about how training can impact performance on cognitive tasks. Participants are between 18 and 30 and 60 to 85 years of age, have normal (or corrected to normal) vision, and have no neurological conditions that would preclude their ability to complete computerized cognitive tasks. Up to 1140 participants will be on study for up to 8 weeks.

Being studied: C1 - Standard Perceptual Learning (SPL); C2 - Long Training (LT); C3 - Short Staircases (SS); C4 - Mixed Difficulty (MD); C5 - Noise Training (NT); C6 - Training with Flankers (TWF); C7 - Parafoveal Training (PT); C8 - Stimulus Variety (SV); C8a - Complex Features (CF); C9 - Exogenous Attention Training (ExAT); C10 - Endogenous Attention Training (EnAT); C11 - Multisensory Facilitation (MF)

Conditions: Cognitive Change

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • between18 and 30 years of age (younger cohort)
  • between 60 and 85 years of age (older cohort)
  • Corrected vision of 20/40 or better (as assessed with an eye chart)
  • No reported incidence of retinal pathology or neurological disease

Exclusion Criteria

  • Corrected vision of 20/40 or worse
  • Evidence of retinal pathology or retinal disease

Recruiting US locations

  • University of California

    Riverside, CA 92521

    Site contact: Audrey Carrillo, MA · 951-827-2054 · audreyc@ucr.edu

  • University of Wisconsin

    Madison, WI 53705

    Site contact: Levi Kasten · 608-263-4868 · UWLATL@gmail.com

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Audrey A Carrillo, MA · 6264828091 · audreyc@ucr.edu
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