Clinical trials: Working Memory
Child Cancer Brain
MEDIR Medulloblastome
The medulloblastome is a tumour of the child relatively frequent usually sitting in the cerebellum and treated by surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
- Trial name
- MEDIR (NCT01197924)
- Testing
- IRMf Bold
- Where
- 8 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Substance Dependency, Addiction
Working Memory Training for Substance Dependent Individuals
Background: Substance abusers show impaired working memory (WM) functioning. Promising findings show training WM results in an improved working memory capacity (WMC) and a decrease of clinical symptoms in a range of disorders…
- Conditions
- Substance Dependency, Addiction, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT02119949
- Testing
- Working memory training
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Working Memory
NIMH K23: Modulation of Frontoparietal Dynamics in Adolescent Working Memory Deficits
Working memory (WM) deficits are a transdiagnostic feature of adolescent psychopathology that substantially contribute to poor clinical and functional outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT05662280
- Testing
- Active Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Bradley Hospital
Cerebral Palsy
Eye-tracking Working Memory Training in Children and Youth With Severe Cerebral Palsy
People with severe cerebral palsy (CP) who are nonverbal and unable to control conventional computer interfaces due to the severe limitations in hand control benefit from eye-tracking technology as access method to Augmentative…
- Trial name
- NCT06918379
- Testing
- Cogmed Working Memory Training (CWMT)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD)
Daily Routines, Executive Functioning & ADHD
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn adjusting daily or nightly routines improves executive functioning in youth with ADHD. It will also learn about the acceptability of the intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT06682949
- Testing
- Sleep Extension, Daytime Routine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Cori Manning
Pediatric Obesity, Inhibition
Brain Mechanisms of Overeating in Children
The proposed research will follow healthy weight children who vary by family risk for obesity to identify the neurobiological and appetitive traits that are implicated in overeating and weight gain during the critical…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Inhibition, Decision Making, fMRI
- Trial name
- RO1 (NCT03341247)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 254 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Working Memory
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Effect on Pain Threshold and Working Memory: Impact of Age and Protocol Type
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation method which has great potential as an aid in the therapeutic management of neuropsychiatric disorders and chronic pain syndromes.
- Conditions
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Working Memory, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT04328545
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS on DLPFC, Anodal tDCS on M1
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Down Syndrome, Intellectual Disability
Down Syndrome Memantine Follow-up Study
The purpose of this research study is to learn if the medication Memantine Hydrochloride (the study medication) can help adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome. Dr.
- Trial name
- NCT02304302
- Testing
- Memantine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Brazil
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Autism
Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Children With Autism
PURPOSE The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the cognitive and behavioral effects of Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy in children who present with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. HYPOTHESIS 1.
- Trial name
- NCT00406159
- Testing
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thoughtful House
ADHD With Working Memory Deficits
Brain Stimulation for Working Memory Deficits in Adolescents With ADHD
Working memory (WM) is the foundational cognitive control process of holding information 'in mind' to execute goal-directed behaviors. WM deficits are an established component of ADHD.
- Trial name
- NCT03480737
- Testing
- Magstim Super Rapid2 stimulator, 10 Hz condition, Magstim Super Rapid2 stimulator, iTBS condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Bradley Hospital
Pediatric Obesity, Binge Eating
Project TEACH: The Eating, Affect, and Cognitive Health Study
Specific aims are to: 1. Assess variability in performance on state-level measures of working memory (WM) delivered via Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA).
- Trial name
- NCT04121598
- Testing
- Observational
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Malaria
Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation in Children After Severe Malaria
Brain training exercises will be provided to children who survived an episode of severe malaria. These children will be given assessments for cognition, behaviour and executive functions before and after the brain training…
- Trial name
- CM_CCRT (NCT01743417)
- Testing
- Computerised cognitive rehabilitation training
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Brain Disorder, Healthy
Differences in Brain Processing of First and Second Languages (Korean and English)
This study will examine differences in how the brain processes English and Korean in native Korean speakers who are fluent and non-fluent in English as a second language.
- Trial name
- NCT00016510
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Combined-subtype)
Effect of Working Memory Training on ADHD Brain Function
There is evidence both that computer-administered cognitive training can improve ADHD working memory deficits and that this type of training in non-ADHD enhances normal working memory ability by altering brain activity in…
- Trial name
- NCT02151396
- Testing
- Working memory training, Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Hartford Hospital
Alzheimer's Disease, Healthy
The Effect of Acetylcholine on Memory and Attention
This study will examine whether enhancing the chemical acetylcholine in the brain can improve memory and attention. It will identify changes in brain function that occur during these cognitive tasks.
- Trial name
- NCT00001977
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Tourette Syndrome
Computerized Working Memory Training in Children With ADHD and Comorbid Tourette Syndrome
The investigators will conduct a randomized placebo-controlled trial of a computerized intervention targeting working memory in 30 children with comorbid Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Tourette Syndrome (TS).
- Trial name
- NCT02732496
- Testing
- Targeted Cognitive Training (TCT), Youth Appropriate Online Games
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Periventricular Leukomalacia
Telerehabilitation of Working Memory in Children With Periventricular Leukomalacia and Bilateral Cerebral Palsy
Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL) is a white matter lesion surrounding the lateral ventricles of the brain occurring in the prenatal period, associated with a disorder of movement and posture, known as bilateral cerebral palsy.
- Trial name
- NCT02342990
- Testing
- Cluster B CogMed: an home-based and computer-based solution to improve working memory deficit, Cluster A No training. Delay start of CogMed
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Anxiety, Psychological Stress
Effects of Sitting Meditation and Hatha Yoga in Adolescents
The present study was a randomized controlled trial that explored the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of short-term mindfulness training among adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT02339363
- Testing
- Sitting Meditation, Hatha yoga
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alliant International University
Brain Tumors
Working Memory Performance Among Childhood Brain Tumor Survivors
Children treated with radiation therapy for brain tumors are at risk for cognitive problems. These problems have typically been demonstrated on global cognitive measures including measures of intellectual functioning (IQ).
- Trial name
- NCT00693914
- Testing
- Series of tests/questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Cognitive Training in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
ADHD is associated with cognitive deficit. Therefore, cognitive training is often proposed as an intervention for ADHD that targets cognitive deficits, with specific exercises through intensive training sessions.
- Trial name
- TDAHEC2 (NCT02560454)
- Testing
- Cogmed, Presco
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris