NCT07482800 · RECRUITING
Dementia in Fiction and Clinical Narratives
This study compares the real speech and language patterns of people with early Alzheimer's or mild cognitive impairment to how dementia is portrayed in contemporary fiction. Researchers want to see whether novelists capture memory loss accurately. It is not a clinical treatment trial — no drugs or interventions are involved. The phase is unspecified, which fits an observational or humanities-based research design rather than a traditional drug trial.
You may qualify if
- Diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease or other mild cognitive impairment by a neurologist (case group) / healthy individuals matched for age and education level (control group)
- Able to communicate and understand basic language
You're excluded if
- Refuse to participate in the study
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2026-03-20