Brain-Computer Interface and Mind-Body Awareness Training

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02074722

Enrollment

152

Registered

2014-02-28

Start date

2014-03-31

Completion date

2017-06-28

Last updated

2018-01-12

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Conditions

Healthy Subjects

Brief summary

Mind-Body Awareness Training (MBAT), in the forms of various yoga and meditative practices, has become increasingly prevalent due to an increase in awareness of the potential health benefits, and improvements in concentration that this training can provide to practitioners. In the present study, we investigate the role of Mind-Body Awareness Training (MBAT) in the initial learning of a sensorimotor (SMR) based Brain-Computer Interface (BCI). The PI's hypothesis is that MBAT will improve performance in SMR based BCI.

Detailed description

In this protocol, we will test the PI's hypothesis that MBAT including yoga will improve the ability for subjects to concentrate on control the SMR thus improving the performance of BCI. Subjects will be recruited for short term MBAT and then undergo BCI training. The performance of subjects with MBAT will be compared with those without MBAT to test the hypothesis. Procedures involved include 6 weeks yoga classes with at least 3 classes per week, and a EEG brain noninvasive brain computer interface study.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 64 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 18-64 years old healthy subjects

Exclusion criteria

* History of traumatic brain injury/brain lesion, history of neurological deficit or neurodegenerative disorder, or history of epileptic seizures.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Performance over BCI sessions	one to three months	During the course of the study over 5-10 weeks, we will quantitatively examine three main components of data: the proportion of subjects that achieve a pre-determined threshold of one-dimensional BCI competency as a time to event analysis, how subjects performed on average in each metric (accuracy, speed, etc.) over the course of the study (5-10 weeks), and subject learning over time during the course of study (5-10 weeks).

Countries

United States

Outcome results