Healthy individual in love
Conditions
Interventions
Group B:The anodes of tDCS were placed in the left inferior frontal gyrus
Group C:The anodes of tDCS were placed in the occipital OZ
Group D:The sham conditions, the tDCS anodes were placed in the left inferior frontal gyrus
Group A:Collect behavioral and fMRI data
Sponsors
School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. College students aged 18-30 years; 2. Lovers in love (Study 1, subjects can participate in the experiment independently, study 2 and Study 3, both parties should participate in the experiment), the length of love is 3-36 months; 3. The subjects and lovers have no history of neurological or psychiatric diseases and family history (such as depression, schizophrenia, etc.), and there are no following items (screening items of MRI experiment, especially implantation of metal, such as porcelain teeth, tooth filling, etc.); 4. Objects with normal vision or corrected vision; 5. The subjects in Study 1 also need to provide a close friend of the opposite sex. The age and education level of the close friend are similar to the subjects (and the couples). The time of intimate friends and subjects knowing each other is not shorter than the time of love between subjects and lovers. Subjects in Study 2 and 3 did not need to provide close friends of the opposite sex; 6. All subjects were heterosexual.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Subjects who are not suitable for fMRI experiment due to pregnancy, implantation of metal devices (pacemaker or nerve stimulator, some artificial joints, metal needles, surgical clips or other implanted metal parts), body shape or claustrophobia; 2. Objects with any nervous system diseases, including but not limited to epilepsy, migraine (> 2 times / year), multiple sclerosis, motor disturbance or serious head trauma history, central nervous system tumor, etc.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Rating scores for partner/friends;Update scores for partner/friends;The level of brain activation when the partner/friend is evaluated;Levels of brain activation when learning to estimate errors; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Score of passion Love Scale;Relationship commitment score;Relationship satisfaction score; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXiaochu Zhang
School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Outcome results
None listed