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Behavioral Differences in Effortful Control

NCT01852344 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2018-01-08

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Summary

Effortful control refers to the mental processes that help a person to regulate his or her own attention, thoughts, and emotions. This study will examine behavioral differences in healthy individuals when performing a task that induces fatigue.

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of methylphenidate on the cognitive functions in healthy individuals when performing fatiguing cognitive tasks.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

DRUG

Methylphenidate

20 mgs of methylphenidate or placebo to be administered one hour before task performance

DRUG

Placebo

20 mgs of methylphenidate or a placebo to be administered one hour before task performance

BEHAVIORAL

Easy Behavioral Task

Subjects do an easy version of the Letter E Task.

BEHAVIORAL

Hard Behavioral Task

Subjects do a hard version of the Letter E Task.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Chandra Sekhar Sripada, MD, PhD · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-06-05
Completion
2017-04-24

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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