Brain Criticality, Oculomotor Control, and Cognitive Effort

Description

The project examines electroencephalography, MRI, and behavioral measures indexing flexibility (critical state dynamics) in the brain when healthy young adults do demanding cognitive tasks, and in response to transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Conditions

Healthy

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Study overview

The project examines electroencephalography, MRI, and behavioral measures indexing flexibility (critical state dynamics) in the brain when healthy young adults do demanding cognitive tasks, and in response to transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Theta-burst Stimulation Modulates Criticality and Cognitive Control

Brain Criticality, Oculomotor Control, and Cognitive Effort

Condition
Healthy
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Piscataway

Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States, 08854

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

  • 1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
  • 2. Stated willingness to comply with all study and availability for the duration of the study
  • 3. Males and females; Ages 18-45
  • 4. Healthy, neurologically normal with no diagnosed mental or physical illness
  • 5. Willingness to adhere to the MRI and two session stimulation protocol
  • 6. Fluent in English
  • 7. Normal or corrected to normal vision
  • 8. At least twelve years of education (high school equivalent)
  • 1. Ongoing drug or alcohol abuse
  • 2. Diagnosed psychiatric or mental illness
  • 3. Currently taking psychoactive medication
  • 4. Prior brain injury
  • 5. Metal in body
  • 6. History of seizures or diagnosis of epilepsy
  • 7. Claustrophobia
  • 8. Pregnant or possibly pregnant
  • 9. Younger than 18 or older than 45
  • 10. Use of medications which potentially lower the usage threshold

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 45 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,

John A Westbrook, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Rutgers University

Study Record Dates

2026-06-01