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Assessing and training fear inhibition in spider phobia via eye-movements

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Inhibitory control in specific phobia of the animal typus (spider).
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Registration Number
ISRCTN12918583
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Siegen
Brief Summary

2023 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38113211/ (added 08/01/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

1. 18-65 years
2. Specific phobia (animal-subtype: spider) and healthy controls
3. Normal or corrected-to normal vision
4. Normal hearing

Exclusion Criteria

1. Lifetime diagnosis of substance-related bipolar or psychotic disorder
2. Current psychiatric disorder or a psychiatric disorder in the past (exception for spider phobics: past mild to moderate depressive episode and/or current or past specific phobia of the animal typus)
3. Medication (Benzodiazepine, Barbiturate)
4. Neurological disorder (especially epilepsy)
5. Dementia
6. Injury of the central nervous system
7. Hearing disorder (also tinnitus anamnestic), subjective auditory hypersensitivity (like hyperacusis)
8. Regular nicotine consumption (>5 cigarettes/day)
9. Known allergy to bites of insects or arachnids

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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