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What is your role in our study?

• In this study, we are asking if daily mental exercises
can improve thinking and daily activities.
• Some people with Parkinson’s have trouble paying
attention or holding information in their minds in order
to do a task, such as reading, or listening to a
conversation.
• Your role is to be part of a comparison group in our
Parkinson’s study of mental exercises.

How is the study being done?

• If you agree to be in this study, you will be randomly
assigned (like the flip of a coin) to one of two groups.
• Both groups will do daily mental exercises on a
computer, but the exercises will differ in certain ways.
• The groups will be compared at different time points
over the course of the study to see if either type of
mental exercise is better.
• Altogether, you will be asked to be in this study for
about five months.

Can I participate?

For this study to be right for you, the following must apply:
• Normal or corrected to normal vision (glasses are ok)
• No neurological disorder (Stroke, Parkinson’s, MS)
• Not currently taking any medication for a psychiatric
disorder

How do I get more information?

For more information, please contact:
Angela Coombes, Research Coordinator
Telephone: (902) 494-4033
E-mail: acoombes@dal.ca