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The Influence of GVS on Mental Transformation

NCT02979314 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2018-10-31

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Summary

Corroboratory behavioral evidence showed interaction effects between vestibular stimulation and egocentric transformation.

The investigators here examine in healthy participants, whether there are shared brain mechanisms underlying galvanic vestibular stimulation, illusory self-motion and egocentric transformation, as well as their interaction.

It is hypothesized that the GVS induced illusory self-motion dampens the ability to perform egocentric mental transformation.

Conditions

  • Focus of Study: Higher Cognition and the Vestibular System

Interventions

DEVICE

Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation

The investigators aim to study the influence of Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation on the brain mechanisms underlying illusory self-motion and its influence on egocentric mental transformation. As a control condition sham stimulation will be applied by the same device within the same participants in different trials. Participants should not note the difference.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lars Michels, MD · University Hospital Zurich, Div. of Neuroradiology

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-01
Primary Completion
2017-05-26
Completion
2017-05-26

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