Enhancing Behavior and Brain Response to Visual Targets Using a Computer Game

NCT ID: NCT02118649

Last Updated: 2025-05-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-04-01

Study Completion Date

2026-04-30

Brief Summary

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Participants will play a computer game that is controlled by their gaze patterns and designed to direct attention their attention to specific on-screen targets. Visual attention to targets will be rewarded. Both visual behavior and brain response will be recorded during game play.

It is hypothesized that that, over the course of the game, relative to baseline, participants will show (a) increased looking to targets, (b) decreased response time to targets, and (c) enhanced, more efficient neural response to visual cues. It is hypothesized that clinical variability will associate with visual attention and brain response.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Game

Participants will play a video game directing their gaze to on-screen targets.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Game

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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Game

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Able to participate in an eye-tracking experiment
* Able to participate in an EEG experiment

Exclusion Criteria

* Sensory or physical impairment that would preclude completion of protocol
* Participants taking prescription medications that may affect cognitive processes
* Participants reporting significant head trauma or history of seizures
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Yale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Yale Child Study Center

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Other Identifiers

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14-10788

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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