The neural correlates of age-related variability in grammar learning: an neuroimaging study of maturation effects on grammar learning skills in children and adolescents.
Completed
- Conditions
- Geen aandoening. Een sample uit een gezonde populatie wordt onderzocht op grammaticaverwerving.brain researchhuman cognition
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON46060
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 107
Inclusion Criteria
• Children and adolescents between 8 and 17 years of age
• Normal or to normal corrected vision
• Normal hearing
• Willingness and ability to understand the nature and content of the study
Exclusion Criteria
• History of neurological or psychiatric treatment
• History of brain surgery or epilepsy
• Any current psychological diagnosis according to the DSM criteria.
• Any acute or chronic neurological disorders.
• Pregnancy
• MRI incompatability (metal parts in upper body, implants, medical devices or medicinal plasters)
• Claustrophobia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>In the proposed study, the main study parameters are the brain activation<br /><br>patterns and learning success before and after a five-day training in a new<br /><br>natural grammar. The main outcomes of this study are the age-related<br /><br>differences in the neural correlates of grammar learning, i.e. functional MRI<br /><br>BOLD activity. We will relate those neural responses to behavioural learning<br /><br>success (i.e. grammar learning abilities).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method