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Predicting Future Errors During Skill Performance

NCT06707207 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2026-05-22

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Summary

Background:

Many tasks people do every day require a series of individual movements. Control over these movements is called motor skills. But even highly skilled people can make mistakes. Researchers have found that they can predict when a person will make a mistake 0.1 second before it happens. Now, they want to find out if they can increase that time up to 1 second-long enough to warn the person and prevent the mistake.

Objective:

To see if motor skill errors can be detected up to 1 second before they occur.

Eligibility:

Right-handed healthy adults aged 18 to 35.

Design:

Participants will have 2 to 5 study visits. Each visit will be 1 to 2 hours.

They will have a physical and neurological exam.

They will have 1 or 2 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. They will lie on a table that slides into a large cylinder. The MRI uses strong magnets to capture images of the inside of the body, including the brain.

They will have another scan, called magnetoencephalography (MEG). Small metal disks attached to wires will be taped to their head. Participants will sit in a padded chair with their head inside of a helmet. The helmet will not cover their eyes or face. Participants will perform a series of typing tasks on a keyboard. They will have short breaks between each round. Their head movements will be tracked, and their eye and finger movements will be videotaped.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Leonardo G Cohen, M.D. · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-05-27
Primary Completion
2029-04-01
Completion
2029-10-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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