Study of Social Cognition Processes With Multimodal MRI on Healthy Adult Patients.

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

27 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-04-22

Study Completion Date

2010-10-28

Brief Summary

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The study of higher cognitive functions (learning, memory, language, reasoning, decision making) in humans constitutes an interdisciplinary field, which combines neurobiological and neurological, neuropsychological, as well as linguistic and artificial intelligence skills. Historically, the study of patients with cerebrovascular lesions or brain pathologies associated with primary and/or cognitive deficits has produced fundamental knowledge in this area. The development of modern non-invasive investigation techniques of the human brain - such as Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Positron emission (PET), the study of event-related electrophysiological potentials (ERP) or magneto-encephalography (MEG) - has made it possible to carry out similar studies on healthy subjects, as well as the in-vivo analysis of adaptive and plastic mechanisms of the human brain. Recently, the interest of cognitive neuroscience - this is the name taken by this vast interdisciplinary sector which aims to understand the neural mechanisms underlying human cognitive processes - has been oriented towards the study of decision making in social contexts. Knowledge of the mechanisms underlying these processes is fundamental for the most complete description of the biological bases of human behavior and above all for the optimal development of treatments for brain pathologies, whether surgical, pharmacological or rehabilitation in general.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Social Cognition

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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study of higher cognitive functions

General objective: increase knowledge about neural correlates:

of the cognitive processing of stimuli of a social nature; of decision-making processes in the context of individual choice; of the influence of the social context on individual decision-making processes.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 18 and 35 years old; Monolingual native speakers of Italian; Absence of neurological or psychiatric pathologies that could interfere with carrying out the exam.

Exclusion Criteria

* Clinical and/or anamnestic evidence of significant neuropsychiatric or systemic pathologies; Previous head trauma with loss of consciousness

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Responsible Party

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Chiti Arturo

Professor in Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Director, Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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SOCIOCOGN

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id