Investigating the timing of interactions between visual cortex areas during object categorization: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study
- Conditions
- iet van toepassing - onderzoek bij gezonde vrijwilligersniet van toepassing
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON48262
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 72
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.
1) Average use of more than 3 alcoholic beverages daily; 2) Use of psychotropic medication or recreational drugs; 3) Epilepsy or history of an epileptic insult; 4) A nuclear family member with epilepsy; 5) Pregnancy; 6) Serious head trauma or brain surgery; 7) Neurological or psychiatric disorders; 8) Large or ferromagnetic metal parts in the head (except for a dental wire); 9) Implanted cardiac pacemaker or neurostimulator; 10) Participation in a NBS study in the past 28 days; 11) Previous participation in 10 or more NBS studies.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>In experiment 1 the main parameter is the percentage of correct categorization.<br /><br>Participants choose between four options for object and scene stimuli. In<br /><br>experiment 2 the main parameters are percentage of correct animacy detection.<br /><br>Participants have to categorize an isolated object, or object in scene as<br /><br>animate (humans, animals, etc.) or inanimate (houses, cars, etc.).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>In experiment 2 the secondary parameter is reaction time. </p><br>