NCT03309072

Investigating Accelerated Learning and Memory in Healthy Subjects Using a Face Name Memory Task

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas at Dallas · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether we can accelerate learning and improve associative memory performance in healthy subjects by applying transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) during a Face Name memory task.

Detailed description

Associative memory refers to remembering the association between two items, such as a face and a name or a word in English and the same word in another language. It is not only important for learning, but it is also one of the first aspects of memory performance that is impacted by aging and by Alzheimer׳s disease. For decades, neuroscientists have investigated associative learning and memory and ways to accelerate and enhance associative learning and memory. Transcranial Direct Current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive and painless electrical stimulation technique that has demonstrated to accelerate learning and improve memory in some studies. To investigate whether we can accelerate learning and improve associative memory using tDCS, we will compare the performance in a Face Name Associate memory task from 2 groups. The first group will get active tDCS during the study phase of the Face Name Memory task, whereas the second group will get sham tDCS during the study phase of the task.

Conditions

• Healthy Adults

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	tDCS	active tDCS
DEVICE	sham tDCS	sham tDCS

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-27
• Primary completion: 2022-01-25
• Completion: 2022-01-25
• First posted: 2017-10-13
• Last updated: 2022-02-03
• Results posted: 2020-09-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study