Acute Effects of Supplemental Oxygen on Memory Testing in Healthy Adult Volunteers

Overview

Forty healthy adults (i.e., not recruited with respect to any particular diagnosis) are each alternately provided with supplemental oxygen and air via nasal cannula at about 6 Liters per Minute (LPM), while completing memory tests.

Prior studies have reported that supplemental oxygen can confer acute benefits to cognition. Here, the investigators seek to replicate/extend such findings by assessing whether such benefits can be seen using an Inogen oxygen concentrator with subjects with an average age around 65 years old. The investigators include a standard measure of cognition previously reported to be sensitive to supplemental oxygen (2-back test) and a novel, in-development adaptation of a memory test for medical-related content (Medical icons spatial test).

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