Sparking Potential, Revealing Infant Neurocognitive Traits Study
This research study is looking at the long-term brain development of children, including healthy infants and those who have had a perinatal brain injury (an injury to the brain around the time of birth). There are no specific interventions or treatments being tested. Researchers want to understand how children's attention and cognitive (thinking) skills develop over time. You can join if you have a child between 3 and 24 months old, with or without a history of perinatal brain injury. The study aims to enroll 200 participants. Success will be measured by observing changes in your child's attention using the Infant Attention Task (IAT) and their cognitive development using the Cognitive Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic & Auditory Milestone Scale (CAPUTE) at different ages.
- Study design
- This is an observational study, meaning researchers will watch and record information without providing any specific treatments. It plans to include 200 child-parent pairs.
- What's involved
- Your child will complete virtual games and assessments. You will fill out questionnaires about your child's behavior and stress. All study visits will happen online via Zoom.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your child's attention will be assessed at 12, 18, and 24 months. Their cognitive development will be assessed at 6 and 12 months.
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Sparking Potential, Revealing Infant Neurocognitive Traits
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Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Melisa Carrasco McCaul, MD, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Wisconsin, Madison
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What this trial measures
- Infant Attention Task (IAT)Assessed at the 12,18, and 24-month time points
A behavioral measure used with infants to assess attentional control and processing. Infants are presented with visual puppet stimuli four distinct "looks", and researchers record looking time, shifts in attention, or habituation patterns. More sustained attention in the early looks followed by habituation to the stimuli in the later looks often indicates better early attentional capacity. Total accumulated looking time to a stimulus in visual preference-type tasks commonly ranges from roughly 15-30+ seconds per trial, depending on the infant's age and the stimulus.
- Cognitive Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic & Auditory Milestone Scale (CAPUTE)Assessed at the 6 and 12-month time points
An assessment for infants and young children that evaluates cognitive and language development. It combines two scales: CAT (Cognitive Adaptive Test) for problem-solving and adaptive skills, and CLAMS (Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale) for language and auditory milestones. Scores provide age-equivalent estimates of cognitive and language abilities. The CAPUTE scores are reported as developmental quotients ranging roughly from 40 to 160, with scores ≥85 considered within normal limits, 70-84 indicating borderline development, and \<70 suggesting developmental delay.