What Makes People Better at Retrieving Difficult Words?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy Aging
• Interventions: Behavioral: Mindful breathing; Behavioral: Control video

• Registration Number: NCT05066750
• Lead Sponsor: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Brief Summary

This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to produce words in response to definitions. Participants will watch a video, then see definitions and try to come up with a word that fits each one. Participants will also complete some surveys and other measures. Collected data will give researchers a better understanding of how individuals' personality and cognitive traits and setting in which word retrieval occurs relate to the ability to produce individual words.

Detailed Description

This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to produce words in response to definitions. Adult participants ages 18-30 and 65-80 will participate in videoconference calls during which a video is shown and definitions are presented. Participants will try to come up with a word that fits each definition, and then complete some surveys, including some about anxiety, mindfulness, attention, vocabulary, and demographics. Participation will take approximately 1.25 hours. Collected data will be de-identified, and the aggregate data will give researchers a better understanding of how individuals' personality and cognitive traits and setting in which word retrieval occurs relate to peoples' ability to produce individual words.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-08-23
• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-22
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-04
• Primary Completion: 2022-09-20
• Study Completion: 2022-11-01
• Results First Submitted: 2023-11-29
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-04-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-07
• Results First Posted: 2024-04-12
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 170

Inclusion Criteria

• fluent speakers of English ages 18-30 or ages 65-80

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mindful breathing video	Mindful breathing	Participants watch a 10 minute mindful breathing video
Control video	Control video	Participants watch a 10 minute control video

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Word Retrieval Performance	During the 1.25 hour experimental session	Percent of trials with correct responses and percent of trials that are word retrieval failures will be measured on a task created for this purpose. Specifically, participants will try to provide words that best fit definitions, indicating when a word gets stuck on the "tip of their tongue."

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UCCS; 🇺🇸 Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States