Information Processing Biases in Adults Who Stutter

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorUniversity of Memphis

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine whether stuttering is associated with a tendency to attend more quickly or for longer durations to threat-related information in the environment (threat-related attention bias). The main questions it aims to answer are:

Do adults who stutter, relative to adults who do not stutter, attend to threat-related stimuli more than neutral information? Are attentional biases observed across different types of threat or are they specific to threats related to stuttering experiences? Do measures of attention bias explain individual differences in psychological reactions among adults who stutter?

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Speaks English as their primary language

Normal hearing (based on pure tone screening)

Normal or corrected vision (based on report)

Normal color vision (based on Ishihara Test, Concise Edition)

Disqualifiers

Reported significant medical history

Psychological or emotional disorder

History of frank neurological injury

Known speech, language, or learning disorder(s) other than stuttering

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Threat-related stimulus exposure

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Memphis

Lead sponsor

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Collaborator