The Effect of Smartphone Push Notifications on Brain Power Score

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Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Behavioral: Smartphone push notifications

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03622567

HTC-BPS-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will examine how Brain Power Score, an objective measure of brain function, is affected by the presence of smartphone push notifications.

Full description

Smartphones are a common device integrated into the lives of many individuals around the world. Researchers have previously found a relationship between mobile phone use and changes in brain activity, reaction times and sleep patterns.

Brain Power is a consumer-grade application using a proprietary combination of neurological (EEG) and behavioral (reaction time and accuracy) data to create a comprehensive score out of 1000 which allows users to have an objective evaluation of their brain performance.

This study will examine how Brain Power Score is affected by the presence of smartphone push notifications.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy volunteers
• ≥19 years old
• Must be proficient in English
• Must be able to understand the study procedure and give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to provide informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Push Notifications

Other group

Description:

Push notification number (0, 1, 3, 5) will be counter balanced within-subjects.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Smartphone push notifications