Brain Criticality, Oculomotor Control, and Cognitive Effort

Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

The project examines electroencephalography, MRI, and behavioral measures indexing flexibility (critical state dynamics) in the brain when healthy young adults do demanding cognitive tasks, and in response to transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06344559

Run by

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

People needed

60

Starts

2024-08-01

Expected to finish

2026-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-08-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
• Stated willingness to comply with all study and availability for the duration of the study
• Males and females; Ages 18-45
• Healthy, neurologically normal with no diagnosed mental or physical illness
• Willingness to adhere to the MRI and two session stimulation protocol
• Fluent in English
• Normal or corrected to normal vision
• At least twelve years of education (high school equivalent)

You may not qualify if…

• Ongoing drug or alcohol abuse
• Diagnosed psychiatric or mental illness
• Currently taking psychoactive medication
• Prior brain injury
• Metal in body
• History of seizures or diagnosis of epilepsy
• Claustrophobia
• Pregnant or possibly pregnant
• Younger than 18 or older than 45
• Use of medications which potentially lower the usage threshold

Where it is running

• Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research — Piscataway, New Jersey, United States (enrolling)

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