What Makes People Better at Retrieving Difficult Words?

April 7, 2024 updated by: Lori James, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to produce words in response to definitions. Participants will watch a video, then see definitions and try to come up with a word that fits each one. Participants will also complete some surveys and other measures. Collected data will give researchers a better understanding of how individuals' personality and cognitive traits and setting in which word retrieval occurs relate to the ability to produce individual words.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study is being conducted to learn more about how various personal and situational characteristics are related to the ability to produce words in response to definitions. Adult participants ages 18-30 and 65-80 will participate in videoconference calls during which a video is shown and definitions are presented. Participants will try to come up with a word that fits each definition, and then complete some surveys, including some about anxiety, mindfulness, attention, vocabulary, and demographics. Participation will take approximately 1.25 hours. Collected data will be de-identified, and the aggregate data will give researchers a better understanding of how individuals' personality and cognitive traits and setting in which word retrieval occurs relate to peoples' ability to produce individual words.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

170

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Colorado
      • Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80918
        • UCCS

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Mindful breathing video
Participants watch a 10 minute mindful breathing video
Behavioral: Mindful breathing
Participants watch a 10 minute mindful breathing video
Active Comparator: Control video
Participants watch a 10 minute control video
Behavioral: Control video
Participants watch a 10 minute control video

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Word Retrieval Performance
Time Frame: During the 1.25 hour experimental session
Percent of trials with correct responses and percent of trials that are word retrieval failures will be measured on a task created for this purpose. Specifically, participants will try to provide words that best fit definitions, indicating when a word gets stuck on the "tip of their tongue."
During the 1.25 hour experimental session

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Collaborators

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lori James, PhD, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 23, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 20, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 8, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 22, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

October 4, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 12, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 7, 2024

Last Verified

April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2020-005
  • R15AG063111-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

De-identified participant data may be posted on a website for open access to other researchers, if the publication outlet requires it, but it is not currently planned.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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