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Writing About Experiences and Health in Older Adults II

Who can join

Ages 65 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy adults age 65 years and older

Exclusion Criteria:

1. current smokers
2. active, uncontrolled medical disorders
3. chronic infection (e.g., Hepatitis C, HIV)
4. use of certain medications (steroid use, opioid use)
5. psychiatric disorders (e.g., current major depression, bipolar disorder)
6. body mass index (BMI) greater than 35
7. left-handed
8. claustrophobic
9. metal in body

Other exclusion criteria may apply.

About the study

UCLA researchers looking for healthy older adults (aged 65+) to participate in a study investigating how writing about experiences can affect your brain and body.

Once a week for 6 weeks, participants will write about their experiences and fill out online questionnaires. Participants will also come to the UCLA campus to complete a neuroimaging session (fMRI), provide a blood spot sample, and fill out questionnaires 2 times: once prior to the 6-week writing period and once immediately after the 6-week writing period.

What is being tested

• Writing Intervention (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Participants: 200 · Started: Mar 13, 2023

Contact the study team

• Naomi Eisenberger, Ph.D. · Phone: 3108494330

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05524597

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.