eural correlates of implicit context learning: A functional MRI study
Completed
- Conditions
- nvt (wetenschappelijk fundamenteel hersenonderzoek)nvt
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON31711
- Lead Sponsor
- IBILI - Faculdade de Medicina/Visual Neuroscience Lab/Dr. M van Asselen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy volunteers between age 18-40yr.
Exclusion Criteria
- non-removable metal objects in head/body
- pregnancy
- history of closed- or open head injury
- history of psychiatric illness
- history of neurological illness or endocrinological dysfunction
- use of medication other than anticonceptive or paracetamol
- drug or alcohol abuse over a period of six months prior to the experiment
- intake of alcohol, caffeine or nicotine containing products within 4 hrs prior to the scanning sessions.
- claustrofobia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Reaction times will be measured to study the effect of contextual cues on the<br /><br>visual search task. Furthermore, brain activation will be measured by using<br /><br>fMRI. A comparison will be made between activation in the beginning of<br /><br>experiment (when learning takes place) and in the end of the experiment (when<br /><br>more automatic responses are generated).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>n.a.</p><br>