TMS of Visual Working Memory

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Occipital Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

In brief

The purpose of this study is to understand how the brain allows individuals to keep information "in mind" over brief intervals. During the experiment, participants will be asked to maintain fixation while they attend to and remember different visual stimuli (e.g., the location of a dot on the screen, the color of a circle, the orientation of a line, the speed of a group of moving dots) on a computer monitor. Participants will make decisions about these visual stimuli and indicate their decisions by pressing buttons or making eye movements. Through the use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) investigators hope to understand the contributions of different anatomical areas while subjects perform this task.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02927470

Run by

NYU Langone Health

People needed

0

Starts

2016-11-01

Expected to finish

2018-04-25

Last updated by the study team

2020-08-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Neurologically healthy individuals will be recruited.

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals with neurological issues (e.g., history of seizures, neurosurgery, brain trauma) will be excluded.
• Women of childbearing potential will be told that although there are no known risks of the procedure to the unborn fetus, they should not take part in the study if they are or might be pregnant.
• Minors and the elderly will be excluded.
• Individuals who are on medications that heighten the risk of TMS adverse events will be excluded.

Where it is running

• New York University School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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