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Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:37 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06539403
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
None
First Post:
2024-04-08
Brief Title:
Thinking About Memory How Confident Are You in Your Memory and Does it Change With Age
Sponsor:
None
Organization:
None
Study Overview
Official Title:
Thinking About Memory How Confident Are You in Your Memory and Does it Change With Age Investigating Memory Ability and Confidence in Those Attending Memory Clinics
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-08
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
No
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Memory and our own beliefs and confidence in our ability to remember are important for our daily lives For example low confidence may hold us back from doing certain tasks whereas misplaced high confidence in our memories may lead us to false beliefs about what has happened in the past
However it is not fully understood how people form their beliefs about their memory abilities These beliefs we hold about how good our memory is are form of evaluation of our own abilities known as metacognition The purpose of this study is to better understand how individuals both with and without diagnosed memory difficulties perform memory tasks and examine whether their metacognition of their memory performance depends on the type of memory task That is the study examines metacognition for different forms of memory for example memory of our experienced life events as compared to memory for facts There is still much more to learn about how individuals experience and think about their memories and memory abilities and understanding this is important as some evidence suggests that good metacognition is associated with better outcomes after diagnosis of cognitive impairment Understanding metacognitive beliefs about memory could be a route to earlier diagnosis and enable us to identify people who are likely to develop dementia
However it is not fully understood how people form their beliefs about their memory abilities These beliefs we hold about how good our memory is are form of evaluation of our own abilities known as metacognition The purpose of this study is to better understand how individuals both with and without diagnosed memory difficulties perform memory tasks and examine whether their metacognition of their memory performance depends on the type of memory task That is the study examines metacognition for different forms of memory for example memory of our experienced life events as compared to memory for facts There is still much more to learn about how individuals experience and think about their memories and memory abilities and understanding this is important as some evidence suggests that good metacognition is associated with better outcomes after diagnosis of cognitive impairment Understanding metacognitive beliefs about memory could be a route to earlier diagnosis and enable us to identify people who are likely to develop dementia
Detailed Description:
Our confidence in our memory ability is important for our wellbeing especially in older age as many of us begin to fear developing dementia The ability to judge our own cognitive abilities such as our memory is called metacognition The confidence we have in our memory can be affected by changes in these metacognitive skills Many older individuals are referred to memory clinics because they believe that their memory ability has decreased Some individuals with these memory complaints but without dementia demonstrate signs of impairment to their thinking processes when tested by clinicians and are given the diagnosis Mild Cognitive Impairment MCI Others show no impairment when tested and are given the diagnosis Subjective Cognitive Decline SCD A sparse amount of research has investigated the metacognitive abilities of these groups of individuals both those with MCI and those with SCD Investigation of these abilities is important as some work suggests that good metacognition is associated with better symptom outcomes Chi et al 2022 Zhuang et al 2022 Understanding the mechanisms underlying metacognitive beliefs about memory could be a route to earlier diagnosis and enable us to identify people who are likely to develop dementia In this study we will recruit individuals with both MCI or SCD and age-matched controls who do not feel that they have memory impairments in order to investigate their metacognitive beliefs about their memory abilities
Primary Objective The primary objective of the study is to measure whether metacognitive judgements of memory performance differ between older healthy individuals and patients who have been referred to memory clinics The study will include patients diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment MCI and those with Subjective Cognitive Decline SCD to examine how they judge their ability to remember compared to healthy older individuals
To achieve this objective the following will be assessed
How do people rate their own memory in daily life and does this vary across different memory domains this is known as self-belief
How do people rate their ability to complete the tasks we ask them to take part in known as global metacognition
How confident are people in their memory when they take part in a memory task known as local metacognition
Are there differences in 1 2 and 3 between individuals with and without memory complaints
The global and local metacognition examined in 2 and 3 will be compared across different types of cognitive task The cognitive tasks assess semantic and episodic memory and visual perception This will allow examination of the following
Are there differences in global how confident they think about completing the task overall and local metacognition hoe confident they are for each response they give between the different tasks eg between semantic memory and episodic memory
What is the relationship between self-beliefs global and local metacognition Examined through a self-belief questionnaire at the start and the self-rated confidence values given throughout the tasks
Are there differences in 5 and 6 between individuals with and without memory complaints
Secondary objective
Are there differences in cognitive performance between those with and without memory complaints This is assessed through the scores people achieve on the tasks used - rather than on the confidence ratings people give while completing the tasks
Are there differences in cognitive performance between the three types of task Performance will be examined for each individual task separately eg spatial information and object information maintenance - both of which are art of the episodic memory battery
Does dementia worry moderate the metacognitive processes of the individuals This will be assessed by examining responses given in the Dementia Worry questionnaire and comparing their level of dementia worry high medium low to the confidence ratings they give throughout
Primary Objective The primary objective of the study is to measure whether metacognitive judgements of memory performance differ between older healthy individuals and patients who have been referred to memory clinics The study will include patients diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment MCI and those with Subjective Cognitive Decline SCD to examine how they judge their ability to remember compared to healthy older individuals
To achieve this objective the following will be assessed
How do people rate their own memory in daily life and does this vary across different memory domains this is known as self-belief
How do people rate their ability to complete the tasks we ask them to take part in known as global metacognition
How confident are people in their memory when they take part in a memory task known as local metacognition
Are there differences in 1 2 and 3 between individuals with and without memory complaints
The global and local metacognition examined in 2 and 3 will be compared across different types of cognitive task The cognitive tasks assess semantic and episodic memory and visual perception This will allow examination of the following
Are there differences in global how confident they think about completing the task overall and local metacognition hoe confident they are for each response they give between the different tasks eg between semantic memory and episodic memory
What is the relationship between self-beliefs global and local metacognition Examined through a self-belief questionnaire at the start and the self-rated confidence values given throughout the tasks
Are there differences in 5 and 6 between individuals with and without memory complaints
Secondary objective
Are there differences in cognitive performance between those with and without memory complaints This is assessed through the scores people achieve on the tasks used - rather than on the confidence ratings people give while completing the tasks
Are there differences in cognitive performance between the three types of task Performance will be examined for each individual task separately eg spatial information and object information maintenance - both of which are art of the episodic memory battery
Does dementia worry moderate the metacognitive processes of the individuals This will be assessed by examining responses given in the Dementia Worry questionnaire and comparing their level of dementia worry high medium low to the confidence ratings they give throughout
Study Oversight
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None
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None
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None
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None
Is a US Export?:
None
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None