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Brain Stimulation and Cognitive Training in Healthy Older Adults

NCT03838211 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2021-05-03

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Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate whether a tDCS-accompanied intensive cognitive training of working memory leads to performance improvement in healthy older individuals.

Conditions

  • Aging

Interventions

DEVICE

Anodal tDCS

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), 9 sessions with 20 minutes stimulation each (current intensity of 1mA)

BEHAVIORAL

Intensive cognitive training

Intensive cognitive training of a letter memory updating task and a 3-stage Markov decision making task, 9 sessions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Technische Universität Dresden

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Medicine Greifswald

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Agnes Flöel, Prof. · University Medicine Greifswald

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-10-01
Primary Completion
2019-12-01
Completion
2020-03-25

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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