This study is conducted with healthy adult volunteers and could help enhance their motor skills. If the EEG-NF technique proves to be beneficial in explicit motor performance it could be eventually applied in the context of pathologies. Motor skills
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: EEG-Neurofeedback (30 minutes of training to desynchronize the mu band in the C4 area)
Intervention 2: Motor Imagery (30 minutes of imagination of movement)
Intervention 3: Motor image
the act of imagining a specific action without actually executing it
mental training that teaches self-control of brain activity by measuring brain waves and providing a feedback signal
Motor imagery
Neurofeedback
Placebo
Sponsors
Saint Joseph University of Beirut
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: -Healthy adults (aged between 18 and 40 y.o.) - right handed
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: -Any neurological disorder -Humor disorders
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Name: The number of sequences correctly executed throughout training blocks;Timepoints: Immediately after training;Measure: keyboard press task;Name: The average time needed to complete a correct sequence throughout training blocks;Timepoints: Immediately after training;Measure: keyboard press task | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Name: Motor Performance;Timepoints: 20 minutes after training/24h after training;Measure: keyboard press task;Name: Percentage of Event related desynchronization;Timepoints: during training;Measure: Procomp infiniti EEG-Neurofeedback machine | — |
Countries
Lebanon
Contacts
Public ContactSandra Kobaiter Maarrawi
USJ - FM
Outcome results
None listed