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Performance Enhancement and Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

NCT02498574 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 121

Last updated 2019-08-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A promising form of enhancing brain function non-invasively involves stimulating the brain using weak magnetic or electric currents. This method is becoming increasingly popular in both clinical and commercial circles; a number of portable, at-home devices are available on the commercial market for personal use. In this study, the investigators aim to determine factors associated with the enhancement of cognitive and motor learning following transcranial direct-current stimulation in healthy young adults. Understanding how participants respond to brain stimulation is critical to maximizing the effectiveness of stimulation and determining its potential as a performance-enhancing aid for mental tasks. Future developments of this study may also inform the capacity of brain stimulation to act as non-drug alternative to treatment for cognitive decline.

Conditions

  • Executive Function
  • Motor Activity
  • Brain Stimulation

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Non-invasive brain stimulation applied to the surface of the scalp

BEHAVIORAL

Working Memory Training

Cognitively challenging game played concurrently with transcranial direct-current stimulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bruyère Health Research Institute.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sheida Rabipour, PhD · University of Ottawa

  • Francois Tremblay, PT, PhD · Bruyere Continuing Care

  • Patrick SR Davidson, PhD · University of Ottawa

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-08-31
Primary Completion
2017-08-31
Completion
2018-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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