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Better Memory With Literacy Acquisition Later in Life

NCT04473235 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2024-07-16

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Summary

This study aims to discover whether acquiring basic-literacy in adulthood can improve episodic memory and brain structural and functional connectivity. In a collaborative project between Brazil and USA, the investigators will use a randomized controlled trial approach to leverage the level of evidence of the benefits of basic adult-education as a possible cognitive reserve builder. If successful, the study's findings will be important in shaping policies targeting increasing access to late-life education to reduce dementia risk.

Conditions

  • Memory Impairment

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Literacy training

Teaching adults how to read and write using the analytical and phonemic method

BEHAVIORAL

Non-Literacy training

Attending classes in geography, history, sciences, without receiving the specific training in literacy

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Elisa Resende, MD, PhD · UFMG

  • Lea T Grinberg, MD, PhD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-11-11
Primary Completion
2022-12-17
Completion
2022-12-17

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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