What Makes People Better at Describing Photographs?

NCT05444114 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: 2020-006R15AG063111-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 182
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to provide verbal descriptions of photographs. Participants will perform a brief mental exercise, then see three photographs with instructions to describe each thoroughly. Participants will also complete several other surveys and measures. Collected data will give researchers a better understanding of how different variables relate to speech production.

Conditions

Healthy Aging

Keywords

speech production; cognitive aging

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Speech Rate

  Average number of words per second spoken

  During the 40 to 60 minute experimental session

• Speech Fillers Mid-Phrase

  Average number of mid-phrase speech fillers as a percentage of words spoken

  During the 40 to 60 minute experimental session

• Speech Fillers Other

  Average number of speech fillers not in the middle of a phrase as a percentage of words spoken

  During the 40 to 60 minute experimental session

• Repairs Plus False Starts

  Average number of repairs plus false starts as a percentage of words spoken. These two measures reflect the same underlying process so are summed together; indeed, one or the other term is sometimes used to indicate both measures.

  During the 40 to 60 minute experimental session

• Repetitions

  Average number of repetitions as a percentage of words spoken

  During the 40 to 60 minute experimental session

Study Arms (2)

Mindful Breathing

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants follow instructions regarding a mindful breathing exercise on a 10-min audio clip

Behavioral: Mental Exercise

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants follow instructions and listen to a 10-min audio clip of a story

Behavioral: Mental Exercise

Interventions

Mental Exercise BEHAVIORAL

Participants perform a 10 minute mental exercise that is either mindful breathing or listening to a story

Control; Mindful Breathing

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• non-fluent speakers of English
• people who are not ages 18-30 or ages 65-80

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Colorado, Colorado Springs: lead
• National Institute on Aging (NIA): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

UCCS

Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80918, United States

Location

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Lori James
• Organization: University of Colorado Colorado Springs

ljames@uccs.edu

7192554172

Study Officials

• Lori James, PhD

  University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants in each condition do not know what other participants are doing, nor that there is another condition.
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: Participants are randomly assigned to one of two conditions before performing a picture description task from which we measure speech fluency in several ways

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 18, 2022
• First Posted: July 5, 2022
• Study Start: August 22, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 23, 2023
• Study Completion: May 23, 2023
• Last Updated: August 22, 2024
• Results First Posted: August 22, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)