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Stimulating the Social Brain

NCT03374631 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2023-03-22

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Summary

This study investigates whether the way in which individuals process social stimuli can be altered, and specifically, whether feelings of paranoia and suspiciousness can be reduced by stimulating the brain's regulatory regions via transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS).

Conditions

  • Healthy Adults

Interventions

DEVICE

active anodal tDCS

active anodal tDCS with behavioral tasks and self-report measures to assess paranoid ideation

DEVICE

sham tDCS

sham tDCS with behavioral tasks and self-report measures to assess paranoid ideation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Texas at Dallas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amy Pinkham, PhD · The University of Texas at Dallas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-12-01
Primary Completion
2020-10-01
Completion
2020-10-01
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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