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Mindfulness to Enhance Cognitive Health in Latino Older Adults

Mindfulness to Enhance Cognitive Health in Latinx Older Adults

Who can join

Ages 65 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* Hispanic/Latino
* Age 65 and older
* Male, female, or non-binary
* Community living
* Medically stable and willing to undergo the study procedures
* No extensive mindfulness training experience

Exclusion Criteria:

* Clinically unstable psychiatric disorder that requires immediate treatment (e.g., ECT)
* Medical conditions suggesting significantly shortened lifespan (e.g., metastatic cancer) or prohibiting safe participation in the interventions/assessments (e.g., Parkinson's disease, musculoskeletal conditions)
* Sensory impairment (hearing, vision) preventing participation
* Current alcohol or substance abuse
* Current/concurrent cognitive training known to affect neuroplasticity (e.g., brain-training programs), or other interventions expected to affect neuroplasticity significantly (e.g., psychedelics, cholinesterase inhibitors, high-dose sedatives).

About the study

The primary objective of the proposed research is to investigate the promise and underlying mechanisms of mindfulness training as a preventative lifestyle intervention to enhance cognitive health in Latino older adults, thereby mitigating risk of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in a population that may be particularly vulnerable.

What is being tested

• mindfulness (behavioral)

Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine · Participants: 60 · Started: Dec 10, 2024

Contact the study team

• Todd S Braver, Ph.D. · Phone: 800-438-0445

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07040904

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.