Combating dementia by cognitive enrichment

Not Applicable

• Conditions: dementia; Alzheimer's disease; mild cognitive impairment; Neurological - Dementias; Mental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612001119886
• Lead Sponsor: ew Zealand Brain Research Institute

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-10-19
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

mild cognitive impairment: two measures reaching 1.5 SD below age and education matched normative data within any of the the domains of executive function, attention and working memory, visuospatial function, language, and episodic memory, and without significant impairment to everyday functional activities (Reisberg IADLS).

Exclusion Criteria

dementia; current psychiatric or other medical condition affecting cognitive abilities; early developmental disorder

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change to the default mode system: Primary outcome variables will be fMRI functional connectivity comparisons across resting state, working memory and Self-appraisal conditions.[Baseline vs 6 months]