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NCT Number: NCT01518738

Attention Training

The purpose of this study is to understand whether attention training is effective in moderating mind wandering.

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Key information

Conditions

Attention

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Wisconsin Brogden Psychology Building

Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, United States

About this study

Our subjective worlds are built from those things in our internal and external environments that capture our attention. Environments can be ambiguous with respect to which objects are most important for our attention, and the characteristics of stimuli that allow them to dominate attention are thus of great interest. Self-relevant objects, such as internally generated experience (e.g. thought), may receive substantial attention, but research on this dimension has been hampered by the difficulty of measuring such objects experimentally. The proposed study seeks to make headway in this area using several behavioral (accuracy, response time, response pattern) measures, with the hypothesis that internally generated experience will vie for attention in a way reflected by behavior. Such research will extend previous work the investigators' lab has done studying stimulus parameters that influence attention, and as a whole may present a more complete picture of how objects and attention interact to shape our worlds.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Exclusion criteria

  • Non-English speakers

Inclusion criteria

  • Must be able to use a computer

Treatment and study plan

breath attention training

Behavioral

4 week training

working memory attention training

Behavioral

4 week training

Primary outcomes

  1. change in mind wandering frequency after intervention

    Time frame: before intervention and up to 100 weeks later

    mind wandering will be assessed with self-report to intermittent queries such as "just now, was your attention on the present task or unrelated concerns?" Frequency of endorsement will serve as a measure of frequency of mind wandering (ranging in units from 0 - 100% of the time).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Jan 26, 2012
Registry last updated
Jun 5, 2014

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