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Systematic Psychophysical

Description

The purpose of this study is to investigate how our performance changes after our perceptual system is trained in a certain way ("perceptual learning"). In addition, investigators are interested in identifying and characterizing relationships between such changes and neuroimaging signals recorded from the human brain.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to investigate how our performance changes after our perceptual system is trained in a certain way ("perceptual learning"). In addition, investigators are interested in identifying and characterizing relationships between such changes and neuroimaging signals recorded from the human brain.

Systematic Psychophysical Investigation of Visual Learning

Systematic Psychophysical

Condition
Perceptual Learning
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Providence

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02912

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

  • * Ages 18 - 60,
  • * Normal or corrected-to-normal vision
  • * Eye disorders (cataracts, age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma)
  • * Drug use (psychoactive drugs, neuroleptic medications, prescription medications that might affect cognitive and motor performance)
  • * Sleep disorders (sleep apnea, insomnia)
  • * Magnetically or mechanically activated implants (such as cardiac pacemakers)
  • * clips on blood vessels in the brain
  • * intrauterine devices
  • * dentures
  • * pregnancy

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 60 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Brown University,

Study Record Dates

2029-01