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Affect Recognition: Enhancing Performance of Persons With Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

NCT00283153 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2014-08-04

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Summary

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of three training programs designed to teach persons with acquired brain injury (ABI) to recognize emotions. It is hypothesized that the training programs will enhance several aspects of emotion recognition in persons with ABI. Furthermore, it is expected that these effects will be maintained over time, and will positively influence participants' social behavior and integration.

Conditions

  • Acquired Brain Injury (Including Stroke)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Facial Affect Recognition Training

A series of pictures of faces displaying various emotions are presented one at a time using a computerized training program.Participants are taught to recognize how emotions affect facial features such as the mouth and eyes.Participants are also taught how to recognize their own emotions.

OTHER

Stories of Emotional Inference

Participants are presented with a series of short stories one at a time. Each story presents various contextual cues regarding the emotions the characters are likely to experience. Participants learn to connect the cues to specific emotions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • U.S. Department of Education

    collaborator FED

  • Massey University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    collaborator OTHER

  • Brock University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University at Buffalo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Barry Willer, Ph.D. · University at Buffalo, Department of Psychiatry

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-09-30
Completion
2014-08-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada
  • New Zealand

Study Locations

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