Reward and the brain of healthy young adults and healthy older adults.

Reward and the brain of healthy young adults and healthy older adults. - Reward and the brain

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON43745

Enrollment

Registered

2016-06-08

Start date

2016-07-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-23

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Conditions

geen n.a.

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy, younger and older Caucasian adults, males and females; Between18-30 and 60-75 year old; Right-handed; Normal (or corrected to normal) vision; Normal BMI (18-25 kg/m2); fMRI compatible.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not matching any of the inclusion criteria, as well matching any criterion in the fMRI exclusion list, including, but not limited to, claustrophobia, infarctions, epilepsy or family history of epilepsy, presence of metal inside the body, presence of electric/electronic devices inside the body (pacemakers, etc.), presence of intracardial lines, users of non-removable dentures. Psychoactive medication, including antidepressants, anxiolytic, and anti-epileptic drugs, as well as cannabis, XTC or other recreational drugs, (suspected) Pregnancy, intra-utrine device with metal

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The main study parameters are: the choices participants make on each trial, the switching behaviour of the participants (sequential choices) and the brain activity corresponding to those. The outcome of the study (endpoints) will consist of: the neural mechanisms associated stimulus-reward association updating; a description of the age-related differences in those mechanisms.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
n.a.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results