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Using Technology to Promote Mental Acuity

NCT01126021 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2016-12-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study plans to test the effectiveness of behavioral economics based incentives to promote the daily use of computer programs designed to improve memory and mental acuity. Subjects will be recruited from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The primary objective is to determine the impact of structured financial incentives on the number of computer-based cognitive exercises completed during a 3 month intervention period.

Conditions

  • Mental Acuity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Financial incentives

Participants are eligible for incentives if they participate in at least 30 games per day.

BEHAVIORAL

No incentives

Participants will be given training and access to the software to participate in mental exercises but will not be given financial incentives for participation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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