Actively Recruiting
A Story for Pepper & Nao
Led by IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris · Updated on 2026-04-02
80
Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
82 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
I
IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Lead Sponsor
I
IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The aim of the present study is to improve cognitive processes that are frequently impaired in children characterised by neuromotor impairment, such as the skills of visual-perceptual analysis and selective attention, working memory, narrative organisation, logical-inferential reasoning and motor planning. For this purpose, a task of reordering figurative stories and action sequences, which include the aforementioned processes, will be used through an innovative Learning by Teaching training paradigm with a social robot. Furthermore, the study aims to verify the children's level of behavioural, cognitive and emotional engagement during the interaction with the social robot and to test the generalisation effects of the intervention on other processes, such as working memory, inhibition and planning.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
A Story for Pepper & Nao
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Children characterized by neuromotor impairment
- Presence of at least one cognitive index >70 at WISC-IV or WISC V
- Age between 7 and 16 years at the time of recruitment
You will not qualify if you...
- Severe neurological, motor, or sensory deficit such as to preclude the feasibility of training
- Psychiatric comorbidity such as to preclude the feasibility of training
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
IRCCS Eugenio Medea
Bosisio Parini, Lecco, Italy, 23842
Active, Not Recruiting
2
IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Naz.le C.Mondino
Pavia, Pavia, Italy, 27100
Active, Not Recruiting
3
IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Calambrone, Pisa, Italy, 56128
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
G
Giuseppina Sgandurra, PhD, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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