Characterizing and Remediating Recollection-specific Face Recognition Deficits in Developmental Prosopagnosia
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
This study will examine the effectiveness of a cognitive training intervention targeting face recollection, repetition lag training, at improving face recognition in Developmental Prosopagnosia.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 90
Healthy Volunteers: t
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⁃ Developmental prosopagnosic participants will be included if they are...
• aged 18-90,
• have lifelong histories of face recognition difficulties that impact their everyday life (i.e., not associated with some event such as a stroke, seizure, etc)
• score significantly below the mean on the famous faces test and Cambridge Face Memory Test
Locations
United States
Massachusetts
VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Ave.
RECRUITING
Boston
Contact Information
Primary
Joseph M DeGutis, Ph.D.
degutis@hms.harvard.edu
510-734-7705
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-03-12
Completion Date: 2025-07-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Experimental: holistic face training + repetition lag training
No_intervention: waitlist control
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Boston VA Research Institute, Inc.