Peripheral Vision Training Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Visual Impairment, Cognitive Change

In brief

This study will train participants (young people and older adults) to do a visual task, and will assess whether this results in changes in behavioral assessments. In some participants, we will be also testing whether MRI measures (cortical thickness, functional connectivity) change with training.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03141164

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

30

Starts

2017-05-30

Expected to finish

2020-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-06-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Right handed individuals
• Aged 19-89
• In good health as self-reported or visual impairments due to partial vision loss
• Normal or corrected-to-normal vision with contact lenses or visual impairments due to partial vision loss

You may not qualify if…

• Younger than 18 or older than 89
• Being hearing-impaired
• Not in good health except due to partial vision loss
• Having a previous serious head injury or neurological disorder, or loss of consciousness for more than 2 minutes
• Having hallucinations or delusions
• Having a current or past history of a substance abuse disorder
• Currently taking psychoactive medications

Where it is running

• UAB — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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