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Hemispheric Asymmetries in Emotion-Cognition Interactions

NCT06406595 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2025-07-09

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Summary

In this research, the investigators will recruit 2 groups of individuals: older adults (aged over 65) with anxiety and/or depression and older adults without mental health issues. Individuals who are eligible to participate in the study based on their score in the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI) showing their hand preferences will have the opportunity to sign up using the online form created by the research team. This experiment will take place in an electroencephalogram (EEG) lab. Participants will wear an EEG cap with 256 sensors that record their brain activity while completing an emotional oddball task containing emotional pictures and shapes. The task will take approximately 1 hour with 8 short breaks. EEG is a safe and non-invasive testing technique, and participants will feel little or no discomfort during this EEG experiment. The goal of this study is to investigate the effect of fearful emotion on the cognitive oddball task to deepen understanding of the emotion-cognition interaction in older adults with mental health conditions.

Conditions

  • Anxiety Depression Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Observation

This study is observational, therefore, there is no intervention included.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anthony Singhal, PhD · University of Alberta

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-01
Primary Completion
2025-04-30
Completion
2025-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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