What Makes People Better at Retrieving Proper Names?

NCT05550779 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: 2023-023R15AG063111-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 109
• 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 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.

Conditions

Healthy Aging

Keywords

cognitive aging; name retrieval

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Percent of Familiar Faces With TOT Responses

  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."

  During the 60-75 minute experimental session

• Percent of Known Names With TOT Responses

  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.

  During the 60-75 minute experimental session

• Percent of Unknown Names With TOT Responses

  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.

  During the 60-75 minute experimental session

Study Arms (2)

Mental Exercise A

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants follow instructions on a 10-minute audio clip

Behavioral: Mental Exercise

Mental Exercise B

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants follow instructions on a 10-minute audio clip

Behavioral: Mental Exercise

Interventions

Mental Exercise BEHAVIORAL

Participant perform a 10-minute mental exercise

Mental Exercise A; Mental Exercise B

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

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: Dr. 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 do not know which condition they are in, nor that there is another condition. They only know what mental exercise they will do in their assigned 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 mental exercises before performing a proper name production task and completing other measures.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 19, 2022
• First Posted: September 22, 2022
• Study Start: October 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 26, 2023
• Study Completion: May 26, 2023
• Last Updated: September 19, 2024
• Results First Posted: September 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)