Memory Deficits clinical trials at University of California Health
2 research studies open to eligible people
Drill or Not to Drill: Do Memory Drills Help Train the Ability to "remember to Remember" in Veterans
open to eligible people ages 18-65
The goal of this clinical trial is to memory drilling works in improving the ability to remember to do something later in treatment-seeking veterans. The main question it aims to answer is: Does adding memory drilling to intensive treatment programs improve the patient's ability to remember to do something later? Researchers will compare typical standardized memory training to the memory training with drilling to see if drilling improves the veterans' ability to remember tasks they are supposed to do later. Participants will: - complete the Operation Mend intensive treatment program with either standard care (either with or without Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] focused trauma therapy) or standard care + memory drilling - complete a virtual memory assessment at entrance, exit, and three months post exit. This assessment will include questionnaires, interviews, and computerized and naturalistic memory tasks.
at UCLA
Neural and Cognitive Consequences of COVID-19 Survival
open to eligible people ages 18-70
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID, continues to rage throughout the world with 115,000,000 confirmed cases and over 2,500,000 deaths (as of Mar 3, 2021). This translates to millions of people surviving COVID19 infection. While the lungs are ground zero, COVID tears through organ systems from brain to blood vessels. We are now beginning to see people recover but complain of ongoing problems, including lingering cognitive problems, depression, and anxiety. We have brought together 2 laboratories with complementary techniques including psychological testing and neuroimaging methods togethers with markers in the blood that may signal damage in the brain. A close look at these problems is timely and imperative if we are to understand the pathophysiology of 'COVID brain' and prepare for downstream problems.
at UCSF
Our lead scientists for Memory Deficits research studies include Kevin Bickart, MD, PhD Judith M Ford, PhD.
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