Healthy aging Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Body-Brain Trainer (BBT): BBT is comprised of three modules, with each targeting a different aspect of cognitive control: visual search tasks for attention (with increasing distraction), spatial span
Sponsors
University of California, San Francisco
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All participants: 1. Had normal or corrected-to-normal vision, 2. Had no history of stroke, traumatic brain injury, or psychiatric illness, 3. Were not taking psychotropic, hormonal, or cardiovascular medications, 4. Did not have any physical or mental conditions that may interfere with their daily activities (e.g., migraine headaches, substance abuse, neuropathy. 5. Reported playing less than 2-hours of video games per month. 6. Were 55 years or older
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Did not meet the inclusion criteria with respect to age and listed health requirements for participation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| An objective behavioral measure of attention via a custom continuous performance task (CPT), comparable to the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA), to assess vigilance without distraction (baseline, post-training and 1-year later). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Delayed recognition working memory paradigm designed to measure changes in participants’ ability to maintain an accurate mental representation of items in working memory either in presence or absence of distracting or interfering information (baseline, post-training and 1-year later). Exploratory outcome measures: 1. An objective neural measure of attention via a custom Filter Task designed to assess how well participants were able to identify targets in the presence of task-irrelevant information (baseline, post-training and 1-year later). 2. An objective measure of attention recording electroencephalography (EEG) during the CPT (baseline, post-training and 1-year later). 3. An objective measure of attention recording electroencephalography (EEG) during the Filter Task (baseline, post-training and 1-year later). 4. A physiological measure of fitness and health = Diastolic Blood Pressure (baseline, post-training). 5. A senior-specific measure of stability indicative of fall risk called the Limit of Stability Assessment (baseline, post-training). | — |
Countries
United States of America
Outcome results
None listed