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Modulating prospective memory and attentional control with high-definition transcranial current stimulation: Study protocol of a randomized, double-blind, and sham-controlled trial in healthy older adults
Schmidt,N. Menendez-Granda,M.P. Muenger,R.J. Reber,T.E. Bayen,U. Gumusdagli,F. Hering,A. Joly-Burra,E. Kliegel,M. Peter,J.
Schmidt,N.
Menendez-Granda,M.P.
Muenger,R.J.
Reber,T.E.
Bayen,U.
Gumusdagli,F.
Hering,A.
Joly-Burra,E.
Kliegel,M.
Peter,J.
Abstract
The ability to remember future intentions (i.e., prospective memory) is influenced by attentional control. At the neuronal level, frontal and parietal brain regions have been related to attentional control and prospective memory. It is debated, however, whether more or less activity in these regions is beneficial for older adults' performance. We will test that by systematically enhancing or inhibiting activity in these regions with anodal or cathodal high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation in older adults. We will include n = 105 healthy older volunteers (60-75 years of age) in a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, and parallel-group design. The participants will receive either cathodal, anodal, or sham high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation of the left or right inferior frontal gyrus, or the right superior parietal gyrus (1mA for 20 min). During and after stimulation, the participants will complete tasks of attentional control and prospective memory. The results of this study will clarify how frontal and parietal brain regions contribute to attentional control and prospective memory in older healthy adults. In addition, we will elucidate the relationship between attentional control and prospective memory in that age group. The study has been registered with ClinicalTrials.gov on the 12th of May 2021 (trial identifier: ).
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2023
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Noninvasive brain-stimulation, Executive functions, Delayed intention, Age, Metaanalysis, Life, Interference, Performance, Validation, Validity, Brain, Double-Blind Method, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation/methods, Humans, Attention, Memory, Episodic, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Aged
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Schmidt, N, Menendez-Granda, M P, Muenger, R J, Reber, T E, Bayen, U, Gumusdagli, F, Hering, A, Joly-Burra, E, Kliegel, M & Peter, J 2023, 'Modulating prospective memory and attentional control with high-definition transcranial current stimulation : Study protocol of a randomized, double-blind, and sham-controlled trial in healthy older adults', PLOS ONE, vol. 18, no. 8, e0289532. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289532
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