Writing About Experiences and Health in Older Adults II

Description

UCLA researchers looking for healthy older adults (aged 65+) to participate in a study investigating how writing about experiences can affect your brain and body. Once a week for 6 weeks, participants will write about their experiences and fill out online questionnaires. Participants will also come to the UCLA campus to complete a neuroimaging session (fMRI), provide a blood spot sample, and fill out questionnaires 2 times: once prior to the 6-week writing period and once immediately after the 6-week writing period.

Conditions

Social Psychology

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

UCLA researchers looking for healthy older adults (aged 65+) to participate in a study investigating how writing about experiences can affect your brain and body. Once a week for 6 weeks, participants will write about their experiences and fill out online questionnaires. Participants will also come to the UCLA campus to complete a neuroimaging session (fMRI), provide a blood spot sample, and fill out questionnaires 2 times: once prior to the 6-week writing period and once immediately after the 6-week writing period.

Writing About Experiences and Health in Older Adults II

Writing About Experiences and Health in Older Adults II

Condition
Social Psychology
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095

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

  • * Healthy adults age 65 years and older
  • 1. current smokers
  • 2. active, uncontrolled medical disorders
  • 3. chronic infection (e.g., Hepatitis C, HIV)
  • 4. use of certain medications (steroid use, opioid use)
  • 5. psychiatric disorders (e.g., current major depression, bipolar disorder)
  • 6. body mass index (BMI) greater than 35
  • 7. left-handed
  • 8. claustrophobic
  • 9. metal in body

Ages Eligible for Study

65 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, Los Angeles,

Study Record Dates

2026-03