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Train Your Brain 2.0 - Improving Memory and Decision Making Among Youth

Train Your Brain 2.0: Improving Memory and Decision Making to Improve Outcomes Among Youth - A Randomized Controlled Trial

Who can join

Ages 11 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Adolescent Inclusion Criteria:

1. Between the ages of 11 and 15 and have a parent/guardian willing to provide consent for their participation
2. Proficient in English
3. Willing to commit to participate in computer-based trainings over the course of 5-8 weeks (duration dependent on site)
4. Access to internet services, cell phone, and/or email
5. Willing to receive/send study-related text messages

Adolescent Exclusion Criteria:

1. Self-disclosure or identification with psychological disturbance, suicidality, or evidence of active suicide ideation
2. Self-disclosure of current substance use disorder

Parent Inclusion Criteria:

1. Provide consent for child's participation in study
2. Proficient in English
3. Access to internet services, cell phone, and/or email
4. Willing to receive/send study-related text messages

Parent Exclusion Criteria:

1. Self-disclosure or identification with psychosis, suicidality, or evidence of active suicide ideation
2. Self-disclosure of current substance use disorder

About the study

The goal of this clinical trial is to deliver a computer-based working memory training program to improve delay discounting (DD) and prevent substance misuse among at-risk adolescents in a traditionally underserved area. Results from the study will inform future substance use prevention efforts targeted at youth exposed to adverse childhood experiences. Findings will also refine future models of intervention delivery in traditionally underserved communities.

The main aims of the project are are:

1\) To examine to examine changes in hypothesized mechanisms of substance use initiation and escalation, and 2) to assess whether changes in DD are a mechanism for reducing substance misuse during early adolescence. The investigators will evaluate whether changes in DD following active treatment predict substance use outcomes over the three-month follow-up period.

What is being tested

• Working Memory Training (behavioral)
• Working Memory (behavioral)

Sponsor: Wayne State University · Participants: 72 · Started: Jun 25, 2024

Contact the study team

• Julia Felton, PhD · Phone: 7049957832

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06242704

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Drug Use and Addiction

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.