Brain-Computer Interface and Mind-Body Awareness Training

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy Subjects

• Registration Number: NCT02074722
• Lead Sponsor: University of Minnesota

Brief Summary

Mind-Body Awareness Training (MBAT), in the forms of various yoga and meditative practices, has become increasingly prevalent due to an increase in awareness of the potential health benefits, and improvements in concentration that this training can provide to practitioners. In the present study, we investigate the role of Mind-Body Awareness Training (MBAT) in the initial learning of a sensorimotor (SMR) based Brain-Computer Interface (BCI).

The PI's hypothesis is that MBAT will improve performance in SMR based BCI.

Detailed Description

In this protocol, we will test the PI's hypothesis that MBAT including yoga will improve the ability for subjects to concentrate on control the SMR thus improving the performance of BCI.

Subjects will be recruited for short term MBAT and then undergo BCI training. The performance of subjects with MBAT will be compared with those without MBAT to test the hypothesis. Procedures involved include 6 weeks yoga classes with at least 3 classes per week, and a EEG brain noninvasive brain computer interface study.

Basic Information
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Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-02-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-02-26
• Study First Posted: 2014-02-28
• Study Start: 2014-03
• Primary Completion: 2017-06-28
• Study Completion: 2017-06-28
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 2018-01-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 152

Inclusion Criteria

• 18-64 years old healthy subjects

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Exclusion Criteria

• History of traumatic brain injury/brain lesion, history of neurological deficit or neurodegenerative disorder, or history of epileptic seizures.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Performance over BCI sessions	one to three months	During the course of the study over 5-10 weeks, we will quantitatively examine three main components of data: the proportion of subjects that achieve a pre-determined threshold of one-dimensional BCI competency as a time to event analysis, how subjects performed on average in each metric (accuracy, speed, etc.) over the course of the study (5-10 weeks), and subject learning over time during the course of study (5-10 weeks).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nils Hasselmo Hall at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Campus; 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States