UCF Deciding Brains

NCT06176092 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: STUDY00005797
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to understand how people make trust-related decisions in healthy aging. Participants will be asked to complete one study session on the University of Central Florida (UCF) campus. The study session will be conducted in a private testing room and include a series of computerized cognitive tasks and learning games, as well as surveys of your beliefs, preferences, and past experiences. The study will take a total of approximately 3.5 hours to completed. You will be allowed to take breaks during the session as needed. If you begin the study but do not complete the session, you will receive credit commensurate with your participation.

Conditions

Trust

Keywords

Healthy; Psychology

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• NIH Cognitive Toolbox

  The NIH Toolbox which includes cognitive tasks to measure: Cognitive Function Composite Score, Fluid Cognition Composite Score, and Crystallized Cognition Composite Score

  1 year

• social Iowa Gambling Task (sIGT)

  To investigate how older adults learn to trust others over multiple interactions, we developed the social Iowa Gambling Task (sIGT); modeled after the original Iowa Gambling Task.

  1 year

• Florida-Arizona Gambling Task (FLAG)

  To examine choices between a sure offer and a draw from a deck of cards.

  1 year

• Phishing Email Suspicion Test (PEST)

  This measures an individual's ability to detect phishing emails and has ecological validity pertaining to real-life internet fraud susceptibility.

  1 year

• Detection of Liars and Truth Tellers (LIE Task)

  Participants will view brief videos of real crime suspects, who were either lying (liars) or telling the truth (truth tellers) about their involvement in the disappearance of a relative

  1 year

• Charity Task

  This charity task assesses factors that can potentially influence charitable giving to organizations among younger and older adults, including familiarity, transparency, and personal importance.

  1 year

• Survey battery

  The following surveys will that assess individual differences in CISDA factors and other potential exploitation risk predictors will be administered: (i) Theory of mind: (ii) Memory systems (iii) Socio-emotional processing (iv) Pain measures (v) Phishing vulnerability (vi) Demographics

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Younger Adults (ages 20-39)

The study will examine age differences in learning to trust using laboratory tasks and surveys.

Older Adults (60 and older)

The study will examine age differences in learning to trust using laboratory tasks and surveys.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This study will target any healthy participants who are either between the ages of 20-39 or 60 and older.

You may qualify if:

• Younger adults only: Age 20-39 years old
• Older adults only: Age 60 years old and older
• Fluent English speaker
• At least 8th grade education
• On a stable regimen of medications
• Able to provide verbal and written informed consent
• Normal cognitive function
• Older adults only: The above will be assessed/confirmed via cognitive screening assessments
• Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-M; see "Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status" in Local Site Documents)

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnant
• Presence of:
• Schizophrenia Spectrum or Other Psychotic Disorders
• Bipolar and Related Disorders
• Depressive Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
• Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
• Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
• Current anticonvulsant, neuroleptic, or sedative use
• Uncorrected visual and hearing impairments
• Neurologic condition or event affecting the brain in the last 12 months (e.g., stroke, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury with \>30-minute loss of consciousness)
• History of brain surgery including tumor resection, deep brain resection, pallidotomy, and thalamotomy
• Unstable medical illness (e.g., metastatic cancer)
• Significant cardiovascular condition or event in the last 12 months (e.g., major heart attack, heart bypass surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Central Florida: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida, 32827, United States

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Nichole Lighthall, PhD

  University of Central Florida

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Amoy Fraser, PhD

CONTACT

4072668742; amoy.fraser@ucf.edu

Erica Martin, B.S.

CONTACT

4072668742; erica.martin@ucf.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 10, 2023
• First Posted: December 19, 2023
• Study Start: September 21, 2023
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2029
• Last Updated: March 27, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Locations

US (1)