Clinical trials: Facial Emotion Recognition
Depressive Disorder, Major
Probing Prefrontal Cortex Hemodynamic Alterations for Major Depression Disorder
Major depression disorder (MDD) has high estimated lifetime prevalence rates of 16.6%. Currently, the diagnosis for the MDD mainly depends on patients' reports of symptoms, observed behaviors and disease course.
- Trial name
- MDD (NCT03595020)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital
Oxytocin
The Influence of Oxytocin on Socio-communicative Sensitivity
Oxytocin (OT) is a neuropeptide that acts as a neurotransmitter and neuromodulator in the brain. Previous studies have shown that intranasal administration of OT improves social cognition and behavior (e.g. emotion recognition).
- Trial name
- NCT03096249
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Post-stroke Depression
To Explore the Neural Processing Mechanism of Cerebellum Involved in Facial Expression Recognition Based on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Experiment 1: Utilizing a transcranial magnetic stimulation-electroencephalography/functional near-infrared spectroscopy system, the investigators aim to determine whether transcranial magnetic stimulation of the cerebellum can…
- Trial name
- NCT06860451
- Testing
- TMS
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
Parkinson's Disease
Facial Expression Recognition and Mirror Neurons in Parkinson's Disease
After few years of evolution, patients with Parkinson's disease may develop apathy, with different degrees of severity. Apathy is characterized by a loss of interest for the others and for activities.
- Trial name
- NCT01315405
- Testing
- Emotional facial expression recognition tests
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Multiple Sclerosis, Depression
Depression and Facial Identity Recognition Abilities in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
Cognitive and emotional disorders are often encountered in multiple sclerosis (MS) cases: depressive and bipolar disorders are twice as frequent as in general population.
- Trial name
- SepDep (NCT02468765)
- Testing
- Neuropsychological and emotional evaluation with monitoring
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lille Catholic University
Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome
Facial Expression Recognition of Emotion and Categorization of Emotional Words in Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome
Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome is a childhood onset inherited neuropsychiatric disorder characterised by the presence of both multiple motor tics and one or more vocal tics (noises), with psychiatric and/or behaviour disorders…
- Trial name
- NCT00664300
- Testing
- Facial expression recognition of emotion
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Essential Tremor
Decision-making and Emotion Recognition in Essential Tremor
The present study aims at investigating cognitive functions requiring orbitofrontal control, namely decision-making and facial emotion recognition.
- Trial name
- EMOTREM (NCT01223144)
- Testing
- Iowa Gambling Task and Ekman facial recognition test
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bordeaux
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Improving ToM in Children With ASD Through VPT Training: Behavioral and fNIRS Study
This study aims to employ a longitudinal tracking research to investigate the effects of a visual perspective taking intervention on the development of theory of mind in children with autism.
- Trial name
- NCT06196060
- Testing
- Visual perspective taking training, Block building training, Thought-bubble training
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanjing Normal University
Anorexia Nervosa
Facial Emotion Recognition in Anorexia Nervosa
Altered emotional processing is reported in Anorexia Nervosa. However, this capability is generally measured through explicit measures, like self-report questionnaires and facial emotion recognition tasks.
- Trial name
- FER_AN (NCT06299293)
- Testing
- Facial Emotion Recognition Test
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Healthy Controls
Temporal Interference Stimulation for Social Cognition
The long-term goal of this project is to evaluate whether a procedure termed transcranial interference stimulation (tIS) may be useful in the future in the treatment of severe neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- TISSC (NCT06607432)
- Testing
- Transcranial Interference Stimulation (tIS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
BECTS, Epilepsy, Rolandic
Emotion Recognition in Benign Epilepsy of Childhood With Centro-Temporal Spikes (BECTS)
The social processes depend on complex cognitive mechanisms, which involve mainly the frontal and temporal lobe regions. Patients with early onset frontal and temporal lobe lesions might later develop important deficits in social…
- Trial name
- BECTS (NCT03465566)
- Testing
- IDS;MMSPE;CDI 2;CBCL;tests of facial expression evaluation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neuromed IRCCS
Brain Markers
Brain and Eye Markers of Facial Expression Recognition and Disorders Associated with Autistic Symptoms
In everyday life, it is necessary to adjust one's behavior and reactions in order to interact and communicate with others in an appropriate manner.
- Trial name
- MARQUEURS (NCT05635812)
- Testing
- Neuropsychological assessment, EEG experimentation, Oculometry experimentation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Autism, Psychotic Disorders
Brain and Oculometric Markers of Emotional Facial Expression Recognition Deficits
Disorders in the recognition of emotional facial expressions are part of the social cognition disorders described in several diseases.
- Trial name
- FERmarkers (NCT05501405)
- Testing
- Electroencephalogram and eye-tracking recordings
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hôpital le Vinatier
Emotions, Facial Emotion Recognition
Improving Emotion Recognition Ability to Support Social Development in Children: A Quasi-Experimental Study
The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to investigate whether enhancing emotion recognition abilities can improve social behavior in primary school children.
- Conditions
- Emotions, Facial Emotion Recognition, Antisocial Behavior, Nonverbal Communication
- Trial name
- I4C (NCT07097090)
- Testing
- Emotion Recognition Training Program: A structured school-based intervention designed to enhance children's ability to recognize emotions through facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language., No Intervention: Observational Cohort
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Foggia
Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
Facial Expression Recognition of Emotion and Categorization of Emotional Words in Parkinson's Disease. Impact of L-Dopa and Deep Brain Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus
Parkinson'disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by bradykinesia, rigidity, rest tremor and postural instability.
- Trial name
- NCT00664157
- Testing
- Facial expression recognition of emotion
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Healthy
Can Mimic Emotional Expression Training Help Improve Emotion Processing
The main aim of the present study is to investigate whether mimicking emotional expressions training via FaceReader software can improve emotional processing and recognition in healthy subjects, especially individuals with hityer…
- Trial name
- NCT04922684
- Testing
- Mimic facial expressions
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Bright Light Treatment, Emotion
Effects of a Single Dose of Bright Light Treatment on Measures of Affective Information Processing
This study aims to investigate the effects of a single session of bright light treatment (BLT) on emotional information processing in healthy volunteers.
- Conditions
- Bright Light Treatment, Emotion, Facial Expression Recognition
- Trial name
- NCT03688048
- Testing
- Bright light treatment lamp
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Chronic Insomnia
Facial Emotion Recognition in Insomnia and Emotional Regulation
Introduction Chronic insomnia is a prevalent disorder in the general population, affecting up to 20% according to French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, leading to a decline in quality of life and an increased…
- Trial name
- REFIRE (NCT06251258)
- Testing
- Facial emotion recognition test with and without eye-tracking and Cognitive Emotion Regulation. Questionnaire (CERQ)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Child Sexual Abuse, Emotion Recognition
Facial Emotion Recognition in Patients Who Committed Sexual Assault Against Children: an EEG Study
This study aims to compare the emotional processing in sexual offenders against children versus healthy volunteers using an objective electrophysiological measurement (EEG) during a facial emotion stimuli presentation task.
- Trial name
- EMOREC (NCT05383235)
- Testing
- ROUTINE CARE, Facial emotion stimuli prensentation task with EEG recording and facial emotion recognition task
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hôpital le Vinatier
Social Cognition, Facial Emotion Recognition
Facial Emotion Recognition in Patients With Euthymic Bipolar Disorder I and II
The facial emotion recognition is a basic social skill for successful social interactions. Several meta-analyses and recent studies found impairments of the perception of facial emotions in patients with euthymic bipolar…
- Conditions
- Social Cognition, Facial Emotion Recognition, Facial Affect, Bipolar Disorder I and II
- Trial name
- REF-BIP (NCT05922956)
- Testing
- Facial emotion recognition test
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens