Development, Attention, and Inhibition Study

Conditions

• The Ability to Delay Gratification

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

4 Years - 7 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Delay of Gratification — OTHER
  Children will complete a delay of gratification task with 1 of 2 rewards

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the associations of young children's early life experiences with delaying behaviors and links with later life outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do experiences with waiting in early childhood predict delaying behavior in context-specific ways? * Are links between delaying behavior and life outcomes impacted by social conventions, effort and choices around delaying, or other behaviors? Participants will: * Complete two delaying tasks with either a sweet or wrapped gift * Complete three "Simon says"-like games that measure inhibition, cognitive flexibility and proactive control * Answer a set of questions about academic readiness * Answer a set of questions about social conventions * Complete a waiting game on the computer while a camera records eye movements * Parents will answer questions about their child's behaviors and experiences at home * Participants will return after 1 year to repeat a subset of these measures

Key Dates

Start date

Aug 21, 2024

Status verified

Apr 2026

Primary completion

Dec 31, 2026

Completion

Dec 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

• Experimental: Delay of Gratification - Treat
  Reward presented is a sweet treat.
• Experimental: Delay of Gratification - Gift
  Reward presented is a wrapped gift.

Primary Outcome Measure

Choice Delay [ Time Frame: Immediately after and 1 year after intervention ]

Central Contacts

• Rachel Foster, B.S.
  +1 530 754 4551
  [email protected]
• Yuko Munakata, PhD
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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