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Improving ToM in Children With ASD Through VPT Training: Behavioral and fNIRS Study

NCT06196060 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2024-03-29

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Summary

This study aims to employ a longitudinal tracking research to investigate the effects of a visual perspective taking intervention on the development of theory of mind in children with autism. Additionally, the investigators seek to examine modifications in the neural mechanisms linked to facial emotion recognition in children both before and after intervention by using the functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to record the relative changes in blood oxygen levels in the cerebral cortex with the oddball Face-Periodic Visual Stimulation (FPVS) paradigm.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Visual perspective taking training

Participants will be instructed to utilize small building blocks for the construction of diverse three-dimensional models, with a particular emphasis on employing various perspectives. The visual perspective taking training sessions will be conducted three times weekly over a period of 4 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Block building training

Participants will be instructed to utilize unit building blocks to construct diverse three-dimensional models. The block building training sessions will be conducted three times weekly over a period of 4 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Thought-bubble training

Participants will be instructed in the comprehension of mental states through the utilization of cartoon thought-bubbles as a representational tool. The thought-bubble training sessions will be conducted three times weekly over a period of 4 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual

Participants will continue to receive treatment as usual during the trial.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Zhuhai Fudan Innovation Institute

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Nanjing Normal University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-11-15
Primary Completion
2024-06-01
Completion
2024-09-01

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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