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The role of scene context in object perception: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

The role of scene context in object perception: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study - Context in object perception

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON50049
Enrollment
72
Registered
2020-03-18
Start date
2022-05-18
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-04-15

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Conditions

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Interventions

TMS will be applied to interfere with ongoing brain activity. In experiment 1 five pulses separated by 100 ms will be given per trial (following the procedure of Dilks et al., 2013 and NL69407.091.1

Sponsors

Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Between 18-35 years of age years; Right-handed; Non-smoking; Normal or corrected-to-normal vision; Willingness and ability to give written informed consent and willingness and ability to understand the nature and content, to participate and to comply with the study requirements.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Average use of more than 3 alcoholic beverages daily; 2) Use of psychotropic medication or recreational drugs; 3) Epilepsy or history of an epileptic insult; 4) A nuclear family member with epilepsy; 5) Pregnancy; 6) Serious head trauma or brain surgery; 7) Neurological or psychiatric disorders; 8) Large or ferromagnetic metal parts in the head (except for a dental wire); 9) Implanted cardiac pacemaker or neurostimulator; 10) Participation in a NBS study in the past 28 days; 11) Previous participation in 10 or more NBS studies.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
In the object recognition task (experiment 2a) percentage correctly categorized objects is the main dependent variable. In the template matching task the difference between size judgement error in distant and near object conditions will be the main dependent variable.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
none.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)