The study plans to test the effectiveness of behavioral economics based incentives to promote the daily use of computer programs designed to improve memory and mental acuity. Subjects will be recruited from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The primary objective is to determine the impact of structured financial incentives on the number of computer-based cognitive exercises completed during a 3 month intervention period.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
600
Participants are eligible for incentives if they participate in at least 30 games per day.
Participants will be given training and access to the software to participate in mental exercises but will not be given financial incentives for participation.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Number of activities completed
The number of memory and cognition enhancement activities played per day using the study provided software will be measured.
Time frame: 6 weeks
Performance on activities completed
Performance is measured by a scoring algorithm designed to estimate levels of memory, attention, cognitive control and processing speed.
Time frame: 6 weeks
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