The impact of personalised brain training on mental wellbeing

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  The impact of personalised brain training on mental wellbeing

• IRAS ID

  184356

• Contact name

  Chris Nugent

• Contact email

  cd.nugent@ulster.ac.uk

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 4 months, 0 days

• Research summary

  This study aims to assess the impact of brain training on mental wellbeing in the healthy elderly. Two mobile applications will be used. BrightLightOn is a novel tool for the assessment of cognitive decline, based on the Max Luscher colour test. BrainFit is a personalised brain training plan which recommends simple activities based on user preferences. The study will involve two groups of participants over the age of 60 for a period of 4 months. One group will use only BrightLightOn (N=10), the other group will use both BrainFit and BrightLightOn (N=10).

• REC name

  HSC REC A

• REC reference

  15/NI/0165

• Date of REC Opinion

  2 Sep 2015

• REC opinion

  Unfavourable Opinion