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Writing About Experiences and Health in Older Adults II

University of California, Los Angeles · NCT05524597

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 65+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Phase 1
Target enrollment
200
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
March 13, 2023
Record last updated
October 15, 2026

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What the study is about

UCLA researchers looking for healthy older adults (aged 65+) to participate in a study investigating how writing about experiences can affect your brain and body.

Once a week for 6 weeks, participants will write about their experiences and fill out online questionnaires. Participants will also come to the UCLA campus to complete a neuroimaging session (fMRI), provide a blood spot sample, and fill out questionnaires 2 times: once prior to the 6-week writing period and once immediately after the 6-week writing period.

Being studied: Writing Intervention

Conditions: Social Psychology

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Healthy adults age 65 years and older

Exclusion Criteria

  • current smokers
  • active, uncontrolled medical disorders
  • chronic infection (e.g., Hepatitis C, HIV)
  • use of certain medications (steroid use, opioid use)
  • psychiatric disorders (e.g., current major depression, bipolar disorder)
  • body mass index (BMI) greater than 35
  • left-handed
  • claustrophobic
  • metal in body

Other exclusion criteria may apply.

Recruiting US locations

  • Center for Cognitive Neuroscience

    Los Angeles, CA 90095

    Site contact: Naomi Eisenberger · 3108494330 · neisenbe@ucla.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Naomi Eisenberger, Ph.D. · 3108494330 · neisenbe@ucla.edu
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