NCT03868501

High Working Memory Load to Reduce Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) Cravings

High Working Memory Load to Reduce IGD Cravings: N-Back Task

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Beijing Normal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To test whether high working memory load can effectively reduce the craving for IGD.

Detailed description

This project is to use 1-back task and 3-back task to reduce the craving of internet gamers. To test whether high working memory load can effectively reduce the craving for IGD. This project will be conducted in Beijing, China, based on a large sample of internet gamers.

Conditions

• Internet Gaming Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	n-back task	All participants will be asked to finish the 3-back task and the 1-back task. The 3-back task and the 1-back task will be carried out at intervals to avoid the influence between different tasks. The sequence of the 3-back task and the 1-back task will be counterbalanced across participants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-10
• Primary completion: 2019-05-31
• Completion: 2019-08-31
• First posted: 2019-03-11
• Last updated: 2019-03-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China