Geolocation Positional System (GPS) Experience

Description

The purpose of this study is to use smartphone technology to capture individual location emotional and cognitive data, to examine how real-world behaviors thoughts, emotions, and brain activity are related to one another.

Conditions

Emotions, Anhedonia, Depression

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to use smartphone technology to capture individual location emotional and cognitive data, to examine how real-world behaviors thoughts, emotions, and brain activity are related to one another.

Individual Differences in Emotional and Behavioral Patterns and Their Relationship to Cognition

Geolocation Positional System (GPS) Experience

Condition
Emotions
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Coral Gables

University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States, 33146

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Must agree to give informed consent
  • * Must be willing to have an functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) scan
  • * Must be able to receive and respond to daily text messages assessing current emotion
  • * Must be willing to download and run a GPS tracking application (FollowMee) onto their smartphone for a four-month period
  • * history of head trauma, seizures, or neurological disorders
  • * severe/unstable medical conditions
  • * conditions that interfere with MRI
  • * pregnancy
  • * lifetime psychotic/bipolar disorder
  • * chronic/severe substance or alcohol abuse/dependence
  • * antipsychotic medication

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 50 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Miami,

Aaron S Heller, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Miami

Study Record Dates

2028-09-01