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Older Age and Generalization

Caitlin Bowman · with National Institute on Aging (NIA) · NCT07440017

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–80 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
360
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 15, 2026
Record last updated
June 17, 2026

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What the study is about

The goal of this clinical is to learn how the brain supports different kinds of memory decisions in healthy young and older adults. The main question it seeks to answer is: Do older adults make memory decisions by integrating across experiences?

Young (aged 18-30 years) and older (aged 65-80 years) participants will complete a memory task while undergoing functional MRI to measure their brain responses.

Researchers will compare brain measures of integration in older adults to those of young adults to see if integration increases in older age.

Being studied: Memory decision type

Conditions: Aging

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Either aged 18-30 years (young adults) or aged 65-80 years (older adults) (self-report)
  • Fluent in English (self-report)
  • Right-handed (self-report)
  • Cognitively healthy (self report verified by score > 24 on Montreal Cognitive Assessment)
  • Self-reported normal or corrected-to-normal vision

Exclusion Criteria

  • Self-reported neurological disorder (e.g., Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease)
  • Self-reported uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, or thyroid disorder
  • Having conditions or devices that are unsafe for MRI (assessed via imaging center's MRI safety screening form)
  • Self-reported difficulty lying still on one's back for 1-2 hours

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

    Milwaukee, WI 53211

    Site contact: Caitlin Bowman, PhD · 414-251-5010 · bowman2@uwm.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Caitlin Bowman, PhD · 414-251-5010 · bowman2@uwm.edu
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