Development of a Face Valid Executive Functioning Task

Washington University School of Medicine20 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to develop a task to measure executive thinking skills that can be performed in a laboratory setting, but has clear parallels to the thinking demands of real life situations, and can be administered to patients such as those with Parkinson's who have difficulty moving.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Parkinson's Disease

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 70 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Brief Inclusion Criteria Parkinson's Disease (PD) group: * Must have definite PD * have clear benefit from levodopa Brief Exclusion Criteria PD Group and Control: * Hx of stroke * Head injury * Visual loss

Locations (1)

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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