Clinical trial NCT05012293: Cognitive Fatigue, Self-Regulation, and Academic Performance: A Physiological Study
Official title: Cognitive Fatigue, Self-Regulation, and Academic Performance: A Physiological Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cognitive Fatigue
Mental Fatigue
Behavioral Performance
Heart Rate Variability
Skin Conductance
Academic Performance
Self-regulation
Lead sponsor: Nanyang Technological University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Research Foundation, Singapore
name: Ministry of National Development, Singapore
name: Housing and Development Board, Singapore
First posted: 2021-08-19
Enrollment: 162
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: DIAGNOSTIC

Brief summary: This study aims to examine the relationship among cognitive fatigue, self-regulation, and academic performance.

Detailed description: 1) Sievertsen et al. (2016) have demonstrated that standardised test performance decreased with every hour later in the day and increased after a break. Hence, we hypothesise that standardised test performance would vary as a function of physiological response during cognitive fatigue. 2) Martin et al. (2019) found that those who participate in more self-regulatory activity were less susceptible to the effects of cognitive fatigue. Hence, we hypothesise that greater self-regulation may moderate the relationship between cognitive fatigue and standardised test performance. Individual differences (i.e., age, gender, caffeine and food intake, body mass index, skin temperature, sleep quality, depression, anxiety, stress, baseline physiology and behavioural performance) will be examined and accounted for.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Singapore-based
* Non-clinical
* 18-35years

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals with hearing difficulties or failing to meet the minimal threshold for normal hearing
* Individuals with a history of ear, developmental, neurological, or psychiatric disorder

Primary outcomes:
measure: 2-Back Task (Change)
timeFrame: during fatigue manipulation procedure
measure: 2-Back Task (Change)
timeFrame: during fatigue manipulation procedure
measure: Fatigue State Questionnaire
timeFrame: up to 5 mins after fatigue manipulation
measure: Electrocardiograph (Change)
timeFrame: during fatigue manipulation procedure
measure: Electrodermal Activity (Change)
timeFrame: during fatigue manipulation procedure
measure: Electrodermal Activity (Change)
timeFrame: during fatigue manipulation procedure
measure: Short Self-Regulation Questionnaire
timeFrame: up to 1 hour before fatigue manipulation
measure: Academic Performance
timeFrame: up to 1 hour before fatigue manipulation
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Singapore
country: Singapore
facility: Cultural Science Innovations, Nanyang Technological University
Study officials:
References:
citation: Martin K, Thompson KG, Keegan R, Rattray B. Are Individuals Who Engage in More Frequent Self-Regulation Less Susceptible to Mental Fatigue? J Sport Exerc Psychol. 2019 Oct 1;41(5):289-297. doi: 10.1123/jsep.2018-0222.
citation: Sievertsen HH, Gino F, Piovesan M. Cognitive fatigue influences students' performance on standardized tests. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Mar 8;113(10):2621-4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516947113. Epub 2016 Feb 16.