Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Central Florida

Code:

NCT06176092

Conditions

Trust

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 20+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this research study is to understand how people make trust-related decisions in healthy aging.

Participants will be asked to complete one study session on the University of Central Florida (UCF) campus. The study session will be conducted in a private testing room and include a series of computerized cognitive tasks and learning games, as well as surveys of your beliefs, preferences, and past experiences.

The study will take a total of approximately 3.5 hours to completed. You will be allowed to take breaks during the session as needed. If you begin the study but do not complete the session, you will receive credit commensurate with your participation.

Conditions

Trust

Study ID

NCT06176092

Start date

Sep 21, 2023

Status verified date

Mar, 2025

Completion date

Jun, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 20+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Younger adults only: Age 20-39 years old
  • Older adults only: Age 60 years old and older
  • Fluent English speaker
  • At least 8th grade education
  • On a stable regimen of medications
  • Able to provide verbal and written informed consent
  • Normal cognitive function

  • Older adults only: The above will be assessed/confirmed via cognitive screening assessments
  • Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-M; see "Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status" in Local Site Documents)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant
  • Presence of:

  • Schizophrenia Spectrum or Other Psychotic Disorders
  • Bipolar and Related Disorders
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
  • Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
  • Current anticonvulsant, neuroleptic, or sedative use
  • Uncorrected visual and hearing impairments
  • Neurologic condition or event affecting the brain in the last 12 months (e.g., stroke, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury with >30-minute loss of consciousness)
  • History of brain surgery including tumor resection, deep brain resection, pallidotomy, and thalamotomy
  • Unstable medical illness (e.g., metastatic cancer)
  • Significant cardiovascular condition or event in the last 12 months (e.g., major heart attack, heart bypass surgery

Study Design

Enrollment

400 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Younger Adults (ages 20-39)

The study will examine age differences in learning to trust using laboratory tasks and surveys.

Older Adults (60 and older)

The study will examine age differences in learning to trust using laboratory tasks and surveys.

Primary outcome measure

  • NIH Cognitive Toolbox [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • social Iowa Gambling Task (sIGT) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Florida-Arizona Gambling Task (FLAG) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Phishing Email Suspicion Test (PEST) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Detection of Liars and Truth Tellers (LIE Task) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Charity Task [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Survey battery [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Amoy Fraser, PhD

4072668742amoy.fraser@ucf.edu

Erica Martin, B.S.

4072668742erica.martin@ucf.edu

Locations

University of Central Florida

Recruiting

Orlando, Florida, United States, 32827

Contacts

Amoy Fraser, PhD, CCRP, PMP

4072668742Amoy.Fraser@ucf.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Central Florida

Last update posted

Mar 27, 2025

Last verified

Mar, 2025

Keywords

  • Healthy
  • Psychology

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Central Florida on 2025-03-27.