What Makes People Better at Describing Photographs?

NCT ID: NCT05444114

Last Updated: 2024-08-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 182 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-08-22
• Study Completion Date: 2023-05-23

Brief Summary

This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to provide verbal descriptions of photographs. Participants will perform a brief mental exercise, then see three photographs with instructions to describe each thoroughly. Participants will also complete several other surveys and measures. Collected data will give researchers a better understanding of how different variables relate to speech production.

Detailed Description

This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the the ability to provide verbal descriptions of photographs. Adult participants ages 18-30 and 65-80 will participate in videoconference calls during which they perform a brief mental exercise, then see three photographs with instructions to describe each thoroughly. Descriptions are to be 30 to 60 seconds in length and are audio recorded for later scoring. Participants will also complete several other surveys and measures, including some about anxiety, mindfulness, vocabulary, and demographics. Participation will take approximately 40 to 60 minutes. Collected data will be de-identified, and the aggregate data will give researchers a better understanding of how individuals' personality and cognitive traits and the mental exercise performed before the study relate to peoples' speech production performance.

Conditions

Healthy Aging

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Mindful Breathing

Participants follow instructions regarding a mindful breathing exercise on a 10-min audio clip

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mental Exercise

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants perform a 10 minute mental exercise that is either mindful breathing or listening to a story

Control

Participants follow instructions and listen to a 10-min audio clip of a story

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Mental Exercise

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants perform a 10 minute mental exercise that is either mindful breathing or listening to a story

Interventions

Mental Exercise

Participants perform a 10 minute mental exercise that is either mindful breathing or listening to a story

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• fluent speakers of English
• ages 18-30 or ages 65-80

Exclusion Criteria

• non-fluent speakers of English
• people who are not ages 18-30 or ages 65-80

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lori James

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Lori James, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Locations

UCCS

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

R15AG063111-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

2020-006

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id