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Mindfulness to Enhance Cognitive Health in Latinx Older Adults

Description

The primary objective of the proposed research is to investigate the promise and underlying mechanisms of mindfulness training as a preventative lifestyle intervention to enhance cognitive health in Latinx older adults, thereby mitigating risk of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in a population that may be particularly vulnerable.

Conditions

MindfulnessAlzheimer's Disease Related Dementia
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MindfulnessAlzheimer's Disease Related Dementia

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Study Details

Study overview

The primary objective of the proposed research is to investigate the promise and underlying mechanisms of mindfulness training as a preventative lifestyle intervention to enhance cognitive health in Latinx older adults, thereby mitigating risk of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in a population that may be particularly vulnerable.

Mindfulness to Enhance Cognitive Health in Latinx Older Adults

Mindfulness to Enhance Cognitive Health in Latinx Older Adults

Condition
Mindfulness
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Saint Louis

Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63130

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Hispanic/Latinx
  • * Age 65 and older
  • * Male, female, or non-binary
  • * Community living
  • * Medically stable and willing to undergo the study procedures
  • * No extensive mindfulness training experience
  • * Clinically unstable psychiatric disorder that requires immediate treatment (e.g., ECT)
  • * Medical conditions suggesting significantly shortened lifespan (e.g., metastatic cancer) or prohibiting safe participation in the interventions/assessments (e.g., Parkinson's disease, musculoskeletal conditions)
  • * Sensory impairment (hearing, vision) preventing participation
  • * Current alcohol or substance abuse
  • * Current/concurrent cognitive training known to affect neuroplasticity (e.g., brain-training programs), or other interventions expected to affect neuroplasticity significantly (e.g., psychedelics, cholinesterase inhibitors, high-dose sedatives).

Ages Eligible for Study

65 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Washington University School of Medicine,

Study Record Dates

2026-07-31