Home › NCT06605001
Development, Attention, and Inhibition Study
Delay of Gratification: Life Habits of Delaying and Cascading Effects on Life Outcomes
Who can join
Ages 4 to 7 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Typically developing children will be recruited. Participants will be pre-screened for developmental disorders.
About the study
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the associations of young children's early life experiences with delaying behaviors and links with later life outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Do experiences with waiting in early childhood predict delaying behavior in context-specific ways? * Are links between delaying behavior and life outcomes impacted by social conventions, effort and choices around delaying, or other behaviors?
Participants will:
* Complete two delaying tasks with either a sweet or wrapped gift * Complete three "Simon says"-like games that measure inhibition, cognitive flexibility and proactive control * Answer a set of questions about academic readiness * Answer a set of questions about social conventions * Complete a waiting game on the computer while a camera records eye movements * Parents will answer questions about their child's behaviors and experiences at home * Participants will return after 1 year to repeat a subset of these measures
What is being tested
- Delay of Gratification (other)
Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Participants: 200 · Started: Aug 21, 2024
Contact the study team
- Rachel Foster, B.S. · Phone: +1 530 754 4551
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06605001
Locations in the U.S.
| California | Center for Mind and Brain, Davis |
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.