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The Effects of Attentional Filter Training on Working Memory (DIIN)

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German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Healthy
Cognitive Decline
Age-related Cognitive Decline

Treatments

Behavioral: memory training
Behavioral: filter training
Other: no training (control)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are interested in how attentional filter training/ distractor inhibition training could influence cognitive functions like working memory, executive control, problem solving, decision making and attentional control.

Full description

Two different computer based trainings were applied: an attentional filter training and a working memory training.

Enrollment

60 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • right-hander
  • aged between 18-30 or 60-80years

Exclusion criteria

  • severe visual impairments (e.g. dyschromatopsia, very low vision)
  • diseases or medication that might impair test performance
  • Montreal Cognitive Assessment Score (MoCA) < 26 points

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

60 participants in 2 patient groups

Young subjects
Experimental group
Description:
Working memory training \& attentional filter training for participants (18-30 years)
Treatment:
Behavioral: memory training
Behavioral: filter training
Old subjects
Experimental group
Description:
Working memory training, attentional filter training and no training (control) for participants (60-80 years)
Treatment:
Behavioral: memory training
Behavioral: filter training
Other: no training (control)

Trial contacts and locations

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