Cognitive Multi-Tasking Training in Healthy Older Adults

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

24 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-01-02

Study Completion Date

2021-11-05

Brief Summary

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This study evaluated the feasibility of a remote web-based ecological cognitive training protocol to healthy older adults. The training protocol involves 5 training sessions.

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Detailed Description

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Previous research demonstrated the relevance in training cognitive abilities that typically decline with age, such as those associated with executive control (e.g., abstract thinking, selective and divided attention, planning, task-switching and inhibitory control). The aim of the present study is to investigate the feasibility of a web-based cognitive training focused on executive control to cognitively healthy older adults. The participants will undergo the web-training in a daily type situation of meal preparation (i.e., Breakfast Game). The training protocol combines the tasks of table setting and cooking in a multi-tasking fashion. In some sessions Emphasis Change approach will be apply to the training, in order to assess it feasibility and potential effects in optimizing the performance. In addition, participants will undergo a brief web-based cognitive evaluation before and after training. If feasible, the investigators protocol will allow training older adults in critical cognitive skills for daily life situations. The web-based training is an advancement since it can be delivered at-home, remotely supervised, and is easily scalable. Recently, remote interventions have been particularly relevant to older adults due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which may limit in-person research participation.

Conditions

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Age-related Cognitive Decline

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Computerized Cognitive Training (Breakfast Game)

Participants will undergo a pilot training protocol where they will have to perform two tasks concomitantly, in a multi-tasking fashion. The tasks are related to everyday activities as "cooking" and "setting tables".

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Multi-tasking Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will undergo training protocol where they will have, concomitantly, to cook different meals and set the table under different instructions, rules and difficulty level.

Interventions

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Multi-tasking Training

Participants will undergo training protocol where they will have, concomitantly, to cook different meals and set the table under different instructions, rules and difficulty level.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Cognitively healthy older adults

Exclusion Criteria

* Low test scores (below 26 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment - MoCA)
* Presence of certain medical conditions (i.e., major neurological or psychiatric disorder, or a medical condition that may impact cognitive functioning).
* Subjects which English is not the primary language, or with lack of capacity to consent will not be enrolled.

Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes