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Effectiveness of Cognitive Training in Older and Younger Adults

Examining the Effectiveness of Cognitive Training

Who can join

Ages 18 to 85 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* Self-reported normal or corrected-to-normal vision
* No known neurological impairments
* Age within inclusion range (18-30 Years for Younger Adults and 60-85 Years for Older Adults)

Exclusion Criteria

* Physical handicap (motor or perceptual) that would impede training procedures
* Concurrent enrollment in other cognitive training studies
* Not being proficient enough in English that would prevent following and understanding all instructions and completing all testing sessions (typically, participants would need to have learned English before age 11; there might be some exceptions that will be decided on a case-by-case basis).
* Unable to adhere to training schedule

Additional exclusion criteria for older adults:

\- Score \< 17 (out of 22) on the Telephone Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA).

About the study

The proposed study will enroll 1600 participants to examine the effectiveness of cognitive training. Participants will be randomized into different experimental groups and can expect to participate for up to 15 hours of research over 4 to 8 weeks.

What is being tested

• Visual and / or Auditory Cognitive Tasks (1) (behavioral)
• Visual and / or Auditory Cognitive Tasks (2) (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison · Participants: 1,600 · Started: Apr 1, 2025

Contact the study team

• C. Shawn Green, PhD · Phone: (608) 263-4868

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06375681

Locations in the U.S.

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