Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA) Status and Cognitive Function in Healthy Young Adults
2011年8月2日 更新者：Northumbria University
The Relationship Between Serum PUFAs and Cognitive Function in Healthy Young Adults
To date, the relationship between omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) in cognitively intact individuals has only been examined in a limited number of studies; it is at present unknown whether supplementation with n-3 PUFAs can improve cognitive function and mood in this population.
Further to this, it still remains to be established whether a relationship exists between peripheral fatty acid status-reflective of dietary n-3 PUFA intake-and cognitive function in this population.
The current study therefore aims to address this issue by exploring the relationship between serum PUFAs and specific cognitive functions in a sample of healthy adults.
To this end, participants will complete a range of cognitive tasks evaluating performance across the domains of attention, memory and executive function.
Self-report mood assessments will be included as secondary measures.
研究概览
研究类型
观察性的
注册 (实际的)
283
联系人和位置
本节提供了进行研究的人员的详细联系信息，以及有关进行该研究的地点的信息。
学习地点
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Tyne and Wear
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Newcastle upon Tyne、Tyne and Wear、英国、NE1 8ST
- Northumbria University
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参与标准
研究人员寻找符合特定描述的人，称为资格标准。这些标准的一些例子是一个人的一般健康状况或先前的治疗。
资格标准
适合学习的年龄
18年 至 35年 (成人)
接受健康志愿者
是的
有资格学习的性别
全部
取样方法
非概率样本
研究人群
The sample will be drawn from a student and professional population in the Newcastle upon Tyne area in the UK
描述
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male/Female
- 18-35 years
- Healthy
- No herbal supplements/prescription medications (excl. contraceptive pill)
- Non smoker
- Native English speaker
Exclusion Criteria:
- BMI ≥ 30
学习计划
本节提供研究计划的详细信息，包括研究的设计方式和研究的衡量标准。
研究是如何设计的？
设计细节
研究衡量的是什么？
主要结果指标
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
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Simple Reaction Time (Attention)
大体时间：Single visit
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The participant was instructed to press the 'space bar' on the laptop keyboard as quickly as possible every time an upwards pointing arrow appeared on screen.
Fifty stimuli were presented with an inter-stimulus duration that varied randomly between 1 and 3.5 seconds.
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Single visit
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Choice Reaction Time (Attention)
大体时间：Single visit
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An arrow appeared on the screen pointing to the left or to the right.
Participants responded with a left or right key press corresponding to the direction of the arrow.
There was a randomly varying inter-stimulus interval of between 1 and 3 seconds for a total of fifty stimuli.
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Single visit
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Four Choice Reaction Time (Attention)
大体时间：Single visit
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A visual representation of the four direction arrow keys of a standard keyboard was presented on screen.
The arrows 'lit up' at random on screen until the corresponding key press was made.
In all, each arrow was the target stimulus 12 times, forming a total of 48 stimuli for this task in all.
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Single visit
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Numeric Working Memory (Working Memory)
大体时间：Single visit
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Single visit
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Alphabetic Working Memory (Working Memory)
大体时间：Single visit
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Five random letters (A-Z) were presented sequentially for the participant to hold in memory.
This was followed by a series of 30 probe digits (15 targets and 15 distractors) for each of which the participant indicated whether or not it had been in the original series by a simple key press.
The task consisted of 3 separate trials.
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Single visit
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Corsi Blocks Span (Spatial Working Memory)
大体时间：Single visit
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In this task nine identical blue squares appeared on screen in non-overlapping random positions.
A set number of blocks changed colour from blue to red in a randomly generated sequence.
Participants were instructed to repeat the sequence by clicking on the blocks using the mouse and cursor.
The task was repeated five times at each level of difficulty.
The sequence span increased from 4, until the participant could no longer correctly recall the sequence, resulting in a span measure of nonverbal working memory, calculated by averaging the level of the last five correctly completed trials.
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Single visit
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3-back Task (Working Memory)
大体时间：Single visit
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A continuous string of letters (upper and lower case; inter-stimulus interval of 2.5 seconds) was presented; 45 letters in total with 15 target pairs.
For each stimulus, participants were instructed to indicate whether this was the same letter that appeared three letters before.
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Single visit
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Immediate Word Recall (Episodic Memory)
大体时间：Single visit
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A unique set of fifteen words is presented.
Words were selected at random from a large bank of words derived from the MRC Psycholinguistic Database matched for word length, frequency, familiarity and concreteness.
Stimulus duration was one second, as was the inter-stimulus duration.
Following word presentation, the participant was allowed 60 seconds to write down as many of the words as possible.
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Single visit
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Delayed Word Recall (Episodic Memory)
大体时间：Single visit
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The participant was again given 60 seconds to write down as many of the words presented previously as possible.
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Single visit
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Word Recognition (Episodic Memory)
大体时间：Single visit
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The original 15 words plus 15 distractor words were presented one at a time in a random order.
For each word the participant indicated whether or not it was included in the original list of words by pressing appropriate 'yes' and 'no' keys as quickly as possible.
Stimuli remained on screen until an appropriate response had been made.
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Single visit
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次要结果测量
结果测量 |
措施说明 |
大体时间 |
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Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS)
大体时间：Single visit-90 minutes
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The DASS is a set of three self-report scales designed to measure the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress.
Each of the three DASS scales contains 14 items.
Subjects are asked to use 4-point (0-3) severity/frequency scales to rate the extent to which they have experienced each state over the past week.
Scores for Depression, Anxiety and Stress (0-42) are calculated by summing the scores for the relevant items, with higher scores indicating higher incidence of negative emotional symptoms.
A total score can be derived by adding scores from each of the subscales (0-126).
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Single visit-90 minutes
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研究主要日期
学习开始
2007年7月1日
初级完成 (实际的)
2008年9月1日
研究完成 (实际的)
2008年9月1日
研究注册日期
首次提交
2010年2月24日
首先提交符合 QC 标准的
2010年2月24日
首次发布 (估计)
2010年2月25日
研究记录更新
最后更新发布 (估计)
2011年9月2日
上次提交的符合 QC 标准的更新
2011年8月2日
最后验证
2011年8月1日
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