Clinical trials: Spatial Perception
Focal Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Spatial Scene Recognition Memory in Epilepsy Surgery
This study investigates the anatomical and physiological basis of spatial scene recognition memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and temporal lobe lesions.
- Conditions
- Focal Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Medically Refractory Epilepsy, Memory Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT07580183
- Testing
- Virtual Tour Recognition Memory Task, Intracranial EEG Recording with Research Electrodes (Aim III only), MRI Neuroimaging and Neuropsychological Assessment (Aim I)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 620 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Visual Perception, Attention
Effects of Acetylcholine and Attention on Visual Spatial Representations in the Brain
This study in, healthy human subjects using fMRI and MRS (magnetic resonance spectroscopy) characterizes, how attention and acetylcholine affect visual perception and the brain's representation of the visual environment.
- Conditions
- Visual Perception, Attention, Information Processing, Cholinergic System
- Trial name
- NCT05003063
- Testing
- Donepzil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Airway Management
Spatial Orientation and Fiberoptic Intubation Skills in the Novice: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Does spatial orientation of a novice in relation to a mannequin (supine vs upright) impact on the development of fiberoptic intubation skills? Is it necessary to teach both orientations or is the supine view transferable to the…
- Trial name
- NCT02263300
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Healthy
Use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to Study Visual Attention
The purpose of this study is to learn more about how the brain allows people to focus on important objects and filter out unimportant ones when looking at visual images.
- Trial name
- NCT00006285
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Healthy
Explore the Nature Factors Relevant to Learning-Pioneering Natural Factors That Influences Science Learning II
Genetic research has provided the most exciting breakthroughs in neuroscience and cognitive science. Partially genetically determined cognitive impairments have been described in people with COMT, 5HT6, BDNF (Swillen et al.…
- Trial name
- NCT00713570
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 2,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Laparoscopy, Augmented Reality
Laparoscopic Augmented Reality for Identification of Liver Lesions - a Pre-clinical Randomized Cross-over Trial
Procedure preparation and accurate knowledge of the specific anatomy is an integral part of performing minimally invasive procedures.
- Conditions
- Laparoscopy, Augmented Reality, Orientation, Spatial, Liver
- Trial name
- LARA (NCT05389241)
- Testing
- Method A, Method B
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitätsklinikum Köln
Hearing Loss
Improving Spatial Perception and Speech Understanding in Multitalker Mixtures
The purpose of this study is to investigate several approaches for improving spatial perception and speech intelligibility in multitalker listening situations for hearing-aid users.
- Trial name
- NCT05260307
- Testing
- hearing aid condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Cochlear Implants, Spatial Orientation
CI Spatial Orientation Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if cochlear implant activation affects spatial orientation in cochlear implant users.
- Trial name
- CISPACE (NCT07510659)
- Testing
- Cochlear Implant
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Cochlear Impant Children
Spatial Hearing Perception in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Children
Spatial hearing in cochlear implant (CI) users is a challenging investigation field since no studies have explored yet spatial auditory perception in three-dimensional space (3D).
- Trial name
- SPHERIC1 (NCT03738592)
- Testing
- behavioral exploration of spatial hearing performances, The Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) questionnaire (for cochlear implant children and their parents), The Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) questionnaire (for parents of CI children)
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Healthy
Verticality Perception Assessed by the Haptic Vertical
The investigators previously shown that a rotating optokinetic stimulus results in shifts of the subjective visual vertical in healthy human subjects. However, the origin of these shifts is still poorly understood.
- Trial name
- NCT02980432
- Testing
- changes in whole-body roll position and visual/haptic stimuli presented
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Inner Ear Disease, Equilibrium; Disorder, Labyrinth
Unilateral Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction: Reeducation and Spatial Orientation.
Motor control includes postural control and voluntary movement. For an optimal motor control it is necessary that brain integrates vestibular, visual and somatosensorial inputs properly, in a nonlinear way.
- Conditions
- Inner Ear Disease, Equilibrium; Disorder, Labyrinth, Spatial Navigation
- Trial name
- NCT03171181
- Testing
- Vestibular reeducation
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Zaragoza
Eating Behavior
Examining the Role of Perceived Body Boundaries and Spatial Frame of Reference in the Effect of a Mindfulness Meditation in Emotional Eating
Emotional eating, or overeating in response to emotions, is problematic because of its link to weight gain, obesity, and psychopathology such as bulimia and binge eating disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT05223348
- Testing
- Meditation practice
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Stroke
Time Course of a Misperception of Verticality and Its Characteristics in Post-stroke Participants
Little is known about the time course of verticality perception after stroke. This study aims to assess: The time course of verticality perception (Subjective Visual, Haptic and Postural Vertical; resp., SVV, SHV, SPV); The…
- Trial name
- NCT05978596
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Antwerpen
Nursing
The Effect of Peer Counseling on Nursing Image
The aim of this randomised controlled study was to examine the effect of peer counselling on first-year nursing students' perceptions of nursing image in orientation processes.The H0 hypothesis of the study is that there is no…
- Trial name
- peer (NCT06195215)
- Testing
- Peer Counselling
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mersin University
Vision
Intermediate Visual Space Perception
The ability to judge the locations of various objects from oneself during self-motion in the intermediate distance range (~2-25m) is crucial for successful performance of activities of daily living, such as walking and driving.
- Trial name
- NCT05419713
- Testing
- Visual Stimuli for Space Perception
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville
Spatial Orientation, Balance
Neuroanatomical and Functional Changes in Response to an Intensive Balance Training
The purpose of this study is to determine whether intensive slackline training improves spatial orientation abilities, balancing skills and causes neuroplasticity in related brain cortical regions.
- Trial name
- NCT03056430
- Testing
- Training
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Healthy, Alcohol Drinking
Hangover and Residual Zopiclone Effect on Spatial Perception
Hangover after recreational alcohol use, residual effect of zopiclone and placebo compared in terms of spatial perception, psychomotor tests and simulated driving ability. Three recording visits plus screening included.
- Trial name
- SEKO-A (NCT03632408)
- Testing
- Zopiclone, hangover
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Petri Vainio
Hearing Impairment, Sensorineural, Spatial Perception
Understanding Aided Speech Perception in Noise
The overarching hypothesis to be evaluated using this protocol is that age-related hearing loss (ARHL) leads to shifts in the functional spatial boundaries between segregated and integrated auditory streams, and that hearing aid…
- Conditions
- Hearing Impairment, Sensorineural, Spatial Perception, Aging, Hearing Aids
- Trial name
- NCT06377215
- Testing
- Open-source master hearing aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Verticality Perception in Healthy Human Subjects, Individual Contribution of Different Sensory Systems
Verticality Perception - Multisensory Contribution
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relative contribution of head- and trunk-based sensory systems to internal estimates of direction of gravity in healthy human subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT02212704
- Testing
- Vestibular stimulation by use of the turntable (static roll-tilt while the head is roll-tilted relative to the trunk), 3D-video-head impulse testing, Vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Histamine, Cowhage
Itch Sensation Induced by Simultaneous Application of Pruritogens (Spatial Summation)
In This experiment, the investigators would like to design a new itch model based on the spatial summation of pruritic stimuli. The hypothesis behind this study (spatial summation) is that two simultaneous applications of…
- Trial name
- NCT06328530
- Testing
- Cowhage, Histamine
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University