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The role of specific brain regions in false auditory perceptions using tDCS

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Conditions
one
Registration Number
NL-OMON29461
Lead Sponsor
Department of Psychology, Durham University, UK;University Medical Center Groningen
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
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Target Recruitment
108
Inclusion Criteria

1)There will be a main effect of stimulation condition; specifically, that anodal stimulation to the left STG will lead to a reduced response bias (â, see section 2.6.1) on the signal detection task, compared to the other conditions.

2)We will also test for an interaction between stimulation condition and stimulus type; that is, to test for a difference in the effect of stimulation on response bias (â) to voice and tone stimuli. If any effect of stimulation is specific to voice stimuli, this would imply the effects are due to stimulation of language specific areas of cortex (e.g., Wernicke’s area). In contrast, if there is an effect of stimulation on all types of auditory signal detection, this would imply a more general effect of stimulation on auditory stimuli.

Exclusion Criteria

1) (suspected) pregnancy

2) not signing the informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Effect of tDCS on detection bias
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Effect of tDCS on task sensitivity and raw false alarm rate
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