The role of the orbitofrontal cortex in social conformity: A transcranial direct current stimulation study.

Completed

Conditions: niet van toepassing - onderzoek bij gezonde vrijwilligers
niet van toepassing

Registration Number: NL-OMON42027

Lead Sponsor: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Between 18-35 years of age years; Right-handed; Non-smoking; Normal or corrected-to-normal vision;
Willingness and ability to give written informed consent and willingness and ability to understand the nature and content, to participate and to comply with the study requirements.

Exclusion Criteria

(1) Average use of more than 3 alcoholic beverages daily; (2) Use of psychotropic medication or recreational drugs; (3) Skin disease; (4) Pregnancy; (5) Serious head trauma or brain surgery; (6) Neurological or psychiatric disorders; (7) Large or ferromagnetic metal parts in the head (except for a dental wire); (8) Implanted cardiac pacemaker or neurostimulator; (9) Participation in a NBS study in the past 28 days; (10) Previous participation in 10 or more NBS studies.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Conformity to different social cues during a decision task during tDCS with<br /><br>fictitious monetary reward and punishment. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>(1) TDCS-induced behavioural changes in the decision task will be correlated<br /><br>with participants' scores on two personality inventories. (2) Change in the<br /><br>rest electroencephalogram (EEG) after tDCS. (3) the effect of reward and<br /><br>punishment on feedback related negativity (a well-described EEG component.</p><br>