What Makes People Better at Retrieving Proper Names?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy Aging
• Interventions: Behavioral: Mental Exercise

• Registration Number: NCT05550779
• 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 names of pictured people. Participants will perform a brief mental exercise, then see 83 celebrity photographs to produce the names of. Participants will also complete other surveys and measures. Collected data will give researchers a better understanding of how different variables relate to proper name production.

Detailed Description

This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to produce names of pictured people. Adult participants ages 18-35 and 60-80 will participant in videoconference calls during which they will perform a brief mental exercise, then see 83 celebrity photographs with instructions to name each pictured person. The naming task will be video recorded for later scoring. Participants will also complete other surveys and measures, including some about demographics and other personal characteristics. Participation will take approximately 60-75 minutes. Collected will be de-identified and the aggregate data will give researchers a better understanding about how individual's personality and cognitive traits and the mental exercise performed before the study relate to people's proper name production.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-09-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-09-19
• Study First Posted: 2022-09-22
• Study Start: 2022-10-01
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-23
• Study Completion: 2023-03-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 102

Inclusion Criteria

• fluent speaker of English
• ages 18-35 or 60-80
• lived in the United States for at least 5 years

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mental Exercise A	Mental Exercise	Participants follow instructions on a 10-minute audio clip
Mental Exercise B	Mental Exercise	Participants follow instructions on a 10-minute audio clip

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percent of Familiar Faces With TOT Responses	During the 60-75 minute experimental session	Percent of trials with name retrieval failures were measured on a task created for this purpose. Specifically, participants tried to provide names that fit photographs, indicating when a name got stuck on the "tip of their tongue" by saying "TOT."
Percent of Known Names With TOT Responses	During the 60-75 minute experimental session	Percent of trials with name retrieval failures were measured on a task created for this purpose. Specifically, participants tried to provide names that fit photographs, indicating when a name got stuck on the "tip of their tongue" by saying "TOT." These percentages are out of correct and TOT responses only.
Percent of Unknown Names With TOT Responses	During the 60-75 minute experimental session	Percent of trials with name retrieval failures were measured on a task created for this purpose. Specifically, participants tried to provide names that fit photographs, indicating when a name got stuck on the "tip of their tongue" by saying "TOT." These percentages are out of all responses that are not correct or TOTs only.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UCCS; 🇺🇸 Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States