Clinical trials: Occipital Cortex
Blindness
Brain Plasticity of Verbal Memory in the Blind
This study will examine whether blind people develop changes in the brain that improve memory function. Previous studies have shown that blind people, on average, perform better in memory tasks than sighted people.
- Trial name
- NCT00059189
- Testing
- Magstim Rapid Magnetic Stimulator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Blindness, Brain Mapping
The Connection Between Areas in the Brain of Blind Patients
The purpose of this study is to test the belief that specific areas of the brain are connected differently in blind patients than patients with sight.
- Conditions
- Blindness, Brain Mapping, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT00001926
- Testing
- O15, Cadwell rTMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)