UCF Deciding Brains Study on Trust and Aging
This research study, called "UCF Deciding Brains," aims to understand how healthy adults make decisions related to trust as they age. Researchers want to learn how people learn to trust or distrust others. There are no specific interventions or medications being tested. The study will measure your cognitive abilities and how you make decisions related to trust using tasks like the NIH Cognitive Toolbox, social Iowa Gambling Task, and Florida-Arizona Gambling Task, all measured at one year. You may be eligible if you are a younger adult (20-39 years old) or an older adult (60 years or older), speak fluent English, have at least an 8th-grade education, are on stable medications, and have normal cognitive function. The study is currently unclear about its recruitment status.
- Study design
- This is an observational study planning to enroll 400 participants. It will compare younger adults (20-39) with older adults (60 and older).
- What's involved
- You will complete one study session on the University of Central Florida (UCF) campus, lasting approximately 3.5 hours. This session includes computerized cognitive tasks, learning games, and surveys.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your cognitive and decision-making abilities will be assessed at one year after your study session.
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UCF Deciding Brains
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Nichole Lighthall, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Central Florida
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Do you actually qualify for this trial?
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What this trial measures
- NIH Cognitive Toolbox1 year
The NIH Toolbox which includes cognitive tasks to measure: Cognitive Function Composite Score, Fluid Cognition Composite Score, and Crystallized Cognition Composite Score
- social Iowa Gambling Task (sIGT)1 year
To investigate how older adults learn to trust others over multiple interactions, we developed the social Iowa Gambling Task (sIGT); modeled after the original Iowa Gambling Task.
- Florida-Arizona Gambling Task (FLAG)1 year
To examine choices between a sure offer and a draw from a deck of cards.
- Phishing Email Suspicion Test (PEST)1 year
This measures an individual's ability to detect phishing emails and has ecological validity pertaining to real-life internet fraud susceptibility.
- Detection of Liars and Truth Tellers (LIE Task)1 year
Participants will view brief videos of real crime suspects, who were either lying (liars) or telling the truth (truth tellers) about their involvement in the disappearance of a relative
- Charity Task1 year
This charity task assesses factors that can potentially influence charitable giving to organizations among younger and older adults, including familiarity, transparency, and personal importance.
- Survey battery1 year
The following surveys will that assess individual differences in CISDA factors and other potential exploitation risk predictors will be administered: (i) Theory of mind: (ii) Memory systems (iii) Socio-emotional processing (iv) Pain measures (v) Phishing vulnerability (vi) Demographics