Individual Differences in Emotional and Behavioral Patterns and Their Relationship to Cognition
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in positive emotional response as measured by ecological momentary assessment
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to use smartphone technology to capture individual location emotional and cognitive data, to examine how real-world behaviors thoughts, emotions, and brain activity are related to one another.
Detailed Description
The observational portion of this study was initially approved in 2015, this is a subset of the initially approved study and it is a clinical trial of 100 participants.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Basic Science
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Must agree to give informed consent
- •Must be willing to have an functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) scan
- •Must be able to receive and respond to daily text messages assessing current emotion
- •Must be willing to download and run a GPS tracking application (FollowMee) onto their smartphone for a four-month period
Exclusion Criteria
- •history of head trauma, seizures, or neurological disorders
- •severe/unstable medical conditions
- •conditions that interfere with MRI
- •pregnancy
- •lifetime psychotic/bipolar disorder
- •chronic/severe substance or alcohol abuse/dependence
- •antipsychotic medication
Arms & Interventions
Modifying Exploration
Individuals will be asked on certain days to increase their levels of exploration, and some days be asked to decrease their levels of exploration. Participants will do this for up to six months.
Intervention: Modifying Exploration (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in positive emotional response as measured by ecological momentary assessment
Time Frame: Baseline, up to 6 months
Emotional response will be measured by computing a total mean score of "happy", "excited", "content", "attentive", "relaxed". The total mean score ranges from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater positive emotional response.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in negative emotional response as measured by ecological momentary assessment(Baseline, up to 6 months)
Investigators
Aaron Heller
Associate Professor
University of Miami