Clinical trials: Social Cognition
Healthy
Altruistic Decisions
The study aimed to understand how payoffs for others influence perceptual decision making. The research consists in testing how varying monetary payoffs for another modify the perceptual decision making processes.
- Trial name
- NCT03116581
- Testing
- Behavior, fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imagery), MEG (MagnetoEncephaloGraphy)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Stress, Psychological, Executive Functions
Adaptive Music Therapy for Psychosocial and Cognitive Functions of Older Adults
The proposed study is a pilot study that aims to understand if the Pi Electronics adaptive music intervention (AM) is effective to promote positive psychosocial and cognitive outcomes, over and above a traditional music…
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Executive Functions, Loneliness, Emotion Regulation
- Trial name
- AMT (NCT05447312)
- Testing
- Adaptive Music Intervention, Traditional Music Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Toronto Metropolitan University
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action, Depression
Citalopram and Self Emotional Processing
This study is investigating the effect of an acute dose of citalopram on emotional processing about the self. Using a parallel-group double-blind design, participants will be randomised to receive either an acute dose of…
- Conditions
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action, Depression, Depressive Disorder, Mental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04169230
- Testing
- Citalopram
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Social Cognition, Expressed Emotion
Oxytocin, Emotions and Mirror Neurons
The purpose of this project is to investigate the possible effect of intranasally administered Oxytocin (OT) on specific mirror neuron areas in human brain.
- Trial name
- NCT02228031
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
OT and Social Cognition in Children With ADHD: Impact of MPH
Background: The current study aimed to explore the possible effect of stimulants on oxytocin (OT), a neuropeptide found to regulate social behavior, as a mediator of the pro-social effect of methylphenidate (MPH) in children with…
- Trial name
- NCT03788902
- Testing
- Ritalin
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shalvata Mental Health Center
Child Development, Child Behavior
Effects of Psychosocial Stimulation and Cash on Children's Development and Behaviour
Burden: In developing countries, an estimated 219 million children do not reach their maximum potentiality because of poverty and associated risk factors.
- Trial name
- NCT03281980
- Testing
- Psychosocial stimulation (PS), Government Intervention (UCT+HE)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Major Depression
Mineralocorticoid Receptor, NMDA Receptor and Cognitive Function in Depression
The steroid hormone cortisol is released in response to stress and acts in the central nervous system upon glucocorticoid (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptors (MR).
- Trial name
- MISO (NCT03062150)
- Testing
- Fludrocortisone, D-Cycloserine
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 232 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Schizophrenia, Cognitive Impairment
From Brain Currents to Interpersonal Flow: Investigating the Social Processing Stream of Schizophrenia
The overall objective of this project is to identify the neural signature of the impaired ability to relate socially seen in individuals with schizophrenia.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Cognitive Impairment, Social Competence
- Trial name
- ecoval (NCT03543553)
- Testing
- This is not an intervention study
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Stress, Psychological, Emotional Stress
Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotion Regulation and Social Cognition.
The present study will investigate the effects of a mindfulness training on emotion regulation and social cognition, using several psychological, behavioral, psychophysiological and neuroimaging methods.
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Emotional Stress, Social Cognition, Mindfulness
- Trial name
- MFN&SOCCOG (NCT03035669)
- Testing
- Mindfulness group, Reading group
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Aging
Mind-body Interventions for Healthy Aging
The goal of this study is to examine the impact of mind-body interventions in enhancing behavioral and neural correlates of attentional control in older adults.
- Trial name
- HealthyAgers (NCT03626532)
- Testing
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Lifestyle Education (LifeEd)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 173 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Autism
Multisensorial Information's Treatment in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Introduction: Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by deficits in three functional domains: language and communication, social reciprocity, and the presence of restricted interests/repetitive behaviors.
- Trial name
- NCT02579109
- Testing
- memory test
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Cognition Improvement, Emotion Regulation
Increasing Mitochondrial Respiration as a Novel Mechanism for Cognitive Augmentation
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of increasing brain energy on cognition. The hypothesis is that by using a special kind of light, in combination with a nutritional supplement, it may be possible to…
- Trial name
- MITOCOG (NCT07793604)
- Testing
- Active transcranial photobiomodulation, Active MCT dietary supplementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, PhD
Social Isolation in Older Adults, Loneliness
Community-Based Social Connection Intervention Program to Improve Cardiovascular and Brain Health
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a community-based social connection intervention program (SCIP) designed to reduce social isolation and loneliness and improve cardiovascular and brain health among older adults living in…
- Conditions
- Social Isolation in Older Adults, Loneliness, Stroke, Cognitive Decline
- Trial name
- NCT07319663
- Testing
- Social Connection Intervention Program (SCIP): Community activities, peer-support groups, and home-based coaching to reduce social isolation and loneliness.
- Where
- Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Neural and Behavioral Facets of Social Cognition in Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study will evaluate the effects of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) on neural and behavioral facets of social cognition in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
- Trial name
- TMSinASD (NCT04242355)
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Social Cognition
The German Version of the Awareness of Social Inference Test
Goal of the current project is the development of a German-language test battery for a realistic investigation of core areas of social issues Cognition (emotion, perspective taking).
- Trial name
- TASIT (NCT03450356)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease
Social Cognition and Personality Changes in Alzheimer's & Parkinson's Disease & Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
The aim of this study is to compare personality and social cognition changes, including emotion detection and self-awareness, and neuroanatomical correlates in patients, and how that affects the caregiver-patient relationship.
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
- Trial name
- NCT02964611
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Cognitive Function 1, Social
Caffeine, DNA and Cognition
A study investigating the effects of acute caffeine intake on cognition based on genes associated with caffeine metabolism and physiological effect.
- Trial name
- NCT05806476
- Testing
- caffeine
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Mary's University, Twickenham
Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
System-IGF-1 Pathway and Alzheimer's Disease
The aim is to assess the relationship between levels of IGF-I system components and cognitive status in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), in elderly subjects with normal cognitive function, and in patients with mild…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Function 1, Social, Control With Normal Activities of Daily Living
- Trial name
- SIGAL (NCT00647478)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 693 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Cognitive Function 1, Social
Effects of Wheat Bran Extract on Cognitive and Memory Function
The investigators performed a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled human trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of water extract from wheat Triticum aestivum L on cognitive and memory function.
- Trial name
- NCT02489747
- Testing
- WBE
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chonbuk National University Hospital
Cognitive Fatigue
Immersive VR Environments to Induce and Evaluate Cognitive Fatigability
Background: Immersive virtual reality (VR) technology is used by researchers to measure how people respond to complex stimuli in a controlled environment.
- Trial name
- NCT04883359
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)