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

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

NCT03228446

MD021

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

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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)