Clinical Trial: Face Perception vs. Memory Training to Improve Face Recognition in Developmental Prosopagnosia

Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Official Title: Examining the Effectiveness of Face Perception and Memory Training to Improve Face Recognition in Developmental Prosopagnosia

Brief Summary: The goal of this study is to test the effectiveness of two experimental training programs aimed at improving face processing in developmental prosopagnosia (perception training, memory training) in comparison to an active control.
The investigators will use a longitudinal design and randomize developmental prosopagnosics to three parallel arms: active control, perception training and memory training.

Detailed Summary: The investigators propose a longitudinal design with three parallel arms: active control, perception training and memory training.
To maximize power, developmental prosopagnosics (DPs) in the active control group will be subsequently be offered training.
Pre-training/control assessments will be performed and within 2 weeks, DPs will be randomized to one of the three training conditions.
Next, all DPs will complete 6-weeks of their assigned intervention.
The research assistant will provide coaching at least once per week.
DPs will be assessed within two weeks of training completion and after a 12-week no-contact period.
For those in the active control group, the no-contact period will serve to wash out any placebo effect and Assessment 3 will be used as their new baseline.
These DPs will then be randomized to perception or memory training.
Assessments will then be given to these DPs within a week after intervention completion and after a 12 weeks no-contact period.
Sponsor: Boston VA Research Institute, Inc.

Current Primary Outcome: unfamiliar face learning/memory test, Cambridge Face Memory Test, minimum=0/maximum=72, higher is better performance

Original Primary Outcome: unfamiliar face learning/memory test, Cambridge Face Memory Test, minimum=0/maximum=72, higher is better performance

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Information By: Boston VA Research Institute, Inc.

Dates:
Date Received: February 21, 2023
Date Started: October 15, 2023
Date Completion: October 15, 2023
Last Updated: July 27, 2023
Last Verified: March 01, 2023