Cardiac-Control Affecting Learning Through Mindfulness (CALM)
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Age-related Cognitive Decline
Alzheimer Disease
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 50 – 70
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Basic Science
- Participants needed
- 240 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California · Other
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About This Trial
Some types of meditation lead heart rate to become more steady as breathing quiets whereas others lead to large heart rate swings up and down (oscillations) as breathing becomes deeper and slower. The current study is designed to investigate how daily mindfulness practice with heart rate biofeedback during breathing in a pattern that either increases or decreases heart rate oscillation affect atte…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria
* Fluent in English
* Black/African-American or White/European-American
* Aged between 50-70 years old
* Non-pregnant and non-menstruating (for at least the past year)
* Have normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing
* Have reliable access to wifi
* Have an email account t…
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