NCT05524597PHASE1RecruitingAccepts Healthy Volunteers
Writing About Experiences and Health in Older Adults II
University of California, Los Angeles
Start Date
3/13/2023
Completion Date
12/1/2026
Summary
UCLA researchers looking for healthy older adults (aged 65+) to participate in a study investigating how writing about experiences can affect your brain and body. Once a week for 6 weeks, participants will write about their experiences and fill out online questionnaires. Participants will also come to the UCLA campus to complete a neuroimaging session (fMRI), provide a blood spot sample, and fill out questionnaires 2 times: once prior to the 6-week writing period and once immediately after the 6-week writing period.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 65 years to No maximum
Inclusion Criteria:
* Healthy adults age 65 years and older
Exclusion Criteria:
1. current smokers
2. active, uncontrolled medical disorders
3. chronic infection (e.g., Hepatitis C, HIV)
4. use of certain medications (steroid use, opioid use)
5. psychiatric disorders (e.g., current major depression, bipolar disorder)
6. body mass index (BMI) greater than 35
7. left-handed
8. claustrophobic
9. metal in body
Other exclusion criteria may apply.
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL
Writing Intervention
Conditions
Social Psychology
Locations
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Los Angeles, California 90095
United States