Investigating Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Accelerating Learning in a Healthy Older Population
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- A Computerized Verbal Paired-associate Memory Task Will be Used to Assess Memory Performance.
研究概览
简要总结
The overall objective of this study is to explore whether transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) can accelerate associative learning and boost associative memory in healthy subjects.
详细描述
The overall objective of this study is to explore whether transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) can accelerate associative learning and boost associative memory in healthy subjects.
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) stimulation during a verbal paired-associate learning task to determine if tDCS may be used as a way to enhance brain plasticity during an associative memory task, and to accelerate learning and to optimize associative memory performance. We hypothesize that participants who receive tDCS stimulation will improve their associative memory performance.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 55 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age between 55 and 75
- •Currently not using any medication contradicting with tDCS
- •Native English speaker
- •Capable of understanding and signing an informed consent
排除标准
- •Acquainted with the Swahili language or culture
- •Severe disease
- •Mental illness
- •Cardiac history
- •History of severe head injuries
- •History of epileptic insults
- •Any implanted devices such as pace maker, neurostimulator
结局指标
主要结局
A Computerized Verbal Paired-associate Memory Task Will be Used to Assess Memory Performance.
时间窗: Memory performance changes will be assessed in two different visits. First assessment (baseline) on visit 1 (learning), then one-week after during visit 2 (memory)
Memory performance scores recorded in the computerized verbal paired-associate memory test during each visit will be compared between the two groups (active tDCS and sham tDCS).
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Sven Vanneste
Associate professor
The University of Texas at Dallas