What this means
Researchers plan to compare learning after sleep and after staying awake in younger and older adults. This is a planned study, so it does not yet show any results.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 18–80
- Where
- 1 site, including Massachusetts
The science
- Registered title
- Sleep-dependent Learning in Aging
- Trial ID
- NCT03840083 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Sleep
- What is tested
- Sleep
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Ages
- 18 Years to 80 Years
- Dates
- First posted Feb 15, 2019 · updated Apr 3, 2025
Registry summary
The specific objective of this proposed research is to understand whether deficits in sleep-dependent memory changes reflect age-related changes in sleep, memory, or both. The central hypothesis is that changes in both memory and sleep contribute to age-related changes in sleep-dependent memory processing. To this end, the investigators will investigate changes in learning following intervals of sleep (overnight and nap) and wake in young and older adults.
Sites (1)
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States