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Event Related Potentials in Infants and Adults

NCT00088712 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 440

Last updated 2019-09-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will explore the development of visual perception and the brain activity that underlies it. It will examine electrical activity in the brain while people are processing characteristics of the visual environment, and how that processing might change with development.

Infants who are within 2 weeks on either side of their 4-month birthday may be eligible for this study. A parent of the child also participates.

Parents who join the study are asked basic questions about their family, such as its size and ethnic make-up, their infant's birth date, complications of pregnancy or delivery, and any health problems of the infant, such as congenital developmental disorders or visual abnormalities.

Each family is seen at the clinic one time for a 45-minute visit. The infant is outfitted with an elastic net containing many small sensors that make contact with the scalp. He or she is then shown pictures on a computer screen. The sensors in the head net are connected to a computer that records the infant's brain activity while the infant watches the pictures on the screen. The head net is moistened with warm water before being applied, and is not uncomfortable to wear. Towels are available throughout the session to dry any excess moisture from the net.

Conditions

  • Healthy
  • Child Development

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Clay W. Mash, Ph.D. · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Months
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-07-28
Completion
2019-08-26

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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