Visual Stimuli and Brain Imaging for Memory Behavior
Trial Summary
Will I have to stop taking my current medications?
The trial does not specify if you need to stop taking your current medications, but it does exclude people using psychoactive drugs. If you are taking any psychoactive medications, you may not be eligible to participate.
What data supports the effectiveness of the treatment involving eye tracking, fMRI, MRI, and visual stimulus similarity for memory behavior?
Research shows that functional MRI (fMRI) can identify specific brain areas involved in memory and attention, suggesting that these imaging techniques can help understand how visual stimuli affect memory. This implies that using fMRI and similar methods could be effective in studying and potentially improving memory behavior.12345
Is it safe to use fMRI and eye-tracking for studying visual stimuli and brain activity?
How does this treatment differ from other memory treatments?
This treatment is unique because it uses visual stimuli combined with brain imaging techniques like functional MRI (fMRI) to study and potentially enhance memory behavior, focusing on specific brain areas involved in memory tasks. Unlike traditional treatments that might rely on medication or cognitive exercises alone, this approach directly observes and targets brain activity related to memory.14101112
What is the purpose of this trial?
Healthy individuals from the University of Oregon and surrounding community will be recruited for participation in behavioral, fMRI and eye tracking experiments that investigate human memory. Recruitment will involve emails, flyers, and local advertisements. Individuals between the ages of 18-80 (or 18-35 for some studies) will be eligible.The broad objective of the research is to understand how humans form distinct memories for similar experiences. Experimental sessions will involve studying and trying to remember various images (e.g., images of natural scenes). The intervention will involve manipulating the similarity and/or learning protocol for the studied images. Outcome measures will include (a) behavioral measures of memory, and/or (b) fMRI measures of hemodynamic activity, and/or (c) eye tracking measures of gaze direction. Experimental sessions will last approximately 1-3 hours.
Research Team
Brice A Kuhl, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
University of Oregon
Eligibility Criteria
This trial is for healthy, right-handed native English speakers from the University of Oregon area. For behavioral studies, participants must be aged 18-35. For fMRI studies, they can be between 18-80 years old. People with mental health disorders, drug use or sleep deficits are excluded.Exclusion Criteria
Timeline
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Experimental Sessions
Participants engage in behavioral, fMRI, and eye tracking experiments to study memory formation and interference
Follow-up
Participants are monitored for data analysis and outcome measures after experimental sessions
Treatment Details
Interventions
- Eye tracking
- fMRI
- Visual stimulus similarity
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
University of Oregon
Lead Sponsor