What Makes People Better at Retrieving Proper Names?

March 31, 2023 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 names of pictured people. Participants will perform a brief mental exercise, then see 83 celebrity photographs to produce the names of. Participants will also complete other surveys and measures. Collected data will give researchers a better understanding of how different variables relate to proper name production.

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 names of pictured people. Adult participants ages 18-35 and 60-80 will participant in videoconference calls during which they will perform a brief mental exercise, then see 83 celebrity photographs with instructions to name each pictured person. The naming task will be video recorded for later scoring. Participants will also complete other surveys and measures, including some about demographics and other personal characteristics. Participation will take approximately 60-75 minutes. Collected will be de-identified and the aggregate data will give researchers a better understanding about how individual's personality and cognitive traits and the mental exercise performed before the study relate to people's proper name production.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

102

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

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • fluent speaker of English
  • ages 18-35 or 60-80
  • lived in the United States for at least 5 years

Exclusion Criteria:

-

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: Mental Exercise A
Participants follow instructions on a 10-minute audio clip
Behavioral: Mental Exercise
Participant perform a 10-minute mental exercise
Active Comparator: Mental Exercise B
Participants follow instructions on a 10-minute audio clip
Behavioral: Mental Exercise
Participant perform a 10-minute mental exercise

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Name retrieval performance
Time Frame: During the 60-75 minute experimental session
Percent of trials with correct responses and percent of trials that are name retrieval failures will be measured on a task created for this purpose. Specifically, participants will try to provide names that fit photographs, indicating when a name gets stuck on the "tip of their tongue"
During the 60-75 minute experimental session

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

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)

October 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 23, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

March 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 19, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 19, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

September 22, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 4, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 31, 2023

Last Verified

March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2023-023 (Other Identifier: Meriter)

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 I do not currently plan to share the data

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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