Can Fidgeting Lead to Enhanced Attention and Emotional Regulation in ADHD?

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

This project will study how fidgeting relates to cognitive and emotional functioning in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It will determine, in a laboratory setting, whether movement and access to a fidget device providing sensory and motor stimulation can improve cognitive and emotional regulation (including on physiological measures) in adult ADHD. The investigators will also acquire pilot data for machine learning analyses to be used in future, large scale studies to identify gestures and touch characteristics associated with improved cognitive and emotional regulation to see if the data can predict and subsequently develop recommendations to improve performance and emotional control in natural settings (e.g., home, office, college classroom) for adult ADHD.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 30
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• ADHD

• History of fidgeting

Locations
United States
California
UC Davis MIND Institute
RECRUITING
Sacramento
Contact Information
Primary
Jared Borden
jborden@ucdavis.edu
916-703-0294
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-03-21
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 109
Treatments
No_intervention: No fidget
Experimental: With fidget
The participant is given a specially designed fidget ball
Sponsors
Leads: University of California, Davis

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