Clinical trials: Spatial Visualization
Healthy Older Adults
Modulation of Visual-Spatial Learning in Healthy Older Adults by tDCS
The aim of this study is to investigate whether a combination of intensive training of visual-spatial abilities (LOCATO task) with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) leads to an improvement of learning and…
- Trial name
- NCT02110056
- Testing
- tDCS, training
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
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)
Hemispatial Neglect
Rehabilitating Unilateral Neglect Using Spatial Working Memory Training
Purpose: Stroke is a common cause of death and disability in Canada. Injury to the right hemisphere of the brain and the parietal cortex in particular, is common and results in a disorder known as 'neglect' in 40% to 95% of…
- Trial name
- NCT02608190
- Testing
- Working memory training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Waterloo
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
Amblyopia
An Active Approach to Treat Amblyopia: Video Game Play
Amblyopia, a developmental abnormality that impairs spatial vision, is a major cause of vision loss, resulting in reduced visual acuity and reduced sensitivity to contrast.
- Trial name
- NCT01223716
- Testing
- Perceptual learning, Video Game, Crossover (Occlusion therapy + Video Game)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Upper Limb Amputees
The Effect of Amputation on Spatial Visual Representation in Peripersonal Space
In this study, we wish to find behavioral evidence for the question whether an amputation of the arm can lead to changes in visual perception or motor responses to objects in peripersonal space.
- Trial name
- NCT00458757
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
Sleep
Memory Consolidation in Pharmacologically Enhanced Naps
This study will examine whether various drugs affecting sleep cycles can improve different kinds of memory.
- Trial name
- NCT00777829
- Testing
- zolpidem
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Low Vision, Orientation
SmartHMD for Improved Mobility
The National Eye Institute estimated about 3 million people over age 40 in the US had low vision in 2010 and projects an increase to nearly 5 million in 2030 and 9 million in 2050.
- Conditions
- Low Vision, Orientation, Mobility Limitation, Navigation, Spatial
- Trial name
- NCT03781583
- Testing
- SmartHMD version 1, SmartHMD version 2, SmartHMD version 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- James Weiland
Parkinson Disease
Visual Spatial Exploration and Art Therapy Intervention in Patients Diagnosed With Parkinson's Disease
The purpose of this dual phase cross-sectional, controlled and prospective, open label, exploratory study is to determine the general characteristics of visuospatial exploration and its neural substrate in subjects with…
- Trial name
- ExplorArtPD (NCT03178786)
- Testing
- PAT sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Stroke Sequelae, Neglect, Hemispatial
Virtual Reliability System for Visual Spatial Attention Evaluation in Stroke Patients
The researchers designed a software based on a head-mounted displays for virtual reality (HMD-VR) to evaluate the reaction time to stimuli presented at right or left visual field.
- Trial name
- NCT05332964
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Anxiety Disorder, Head Injury
Neuropsychological Evaluation of Psychiatric and Neurological Patients
This study will allow researchers to use various types of tests to evaluate cognitive and sensory functions. These tests, referred to as "batteries" will evaluate attention, executive functions, general intellectual functioning…
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Head Injury, Mood Disorder, Schizophrenia
- Trial name
- NCT00001192
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, France and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 4,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Perceptual Disorders, Healthy Volunteers
Standardization of Spatial Neglect Assessment Tests
Spatial neglect is a common cognitive disorder in stroke patients, characterized by a lateralized deficit in attention and intention. This research focuses on defining norms for tests to assess spatial neglect.
- Conditions
- Perceptual Disorders, Healthy Volunteers, Reference Values
- Trial name
- NOTEN (NCT07145970)
- Testing
- Neuropsychological assessment tests for spatial neglect
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Blindness, Visual Impairment
MySpace: the Role of Vision in Representing Space
My Space aims to identify the ontogenesis of spatial representation through cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in infants, children, and adolescents with typical and atypical development (visual impairments).
- Trial name
- NCT06364605
- Testing
- Rehabilitation with the iReach novel multisensory medical device
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
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
Cognitive Change, Processing, Visual Spatial
Effects of a Complex, Partnered Martial Arts-based Intervention on Cognitive Processing.
The investigators' study is designed to test whether prolonged exposure to a martial arts-based intervention (three complex, partner exercises based on Filipino, Chinese and Thai martial arts practices), can improve cognitive…
- Trial name
- MATRICES (NCT05530148)
- Testing
- Martial Arts Training Group, Flexing, Toning and Balance
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amblyopia
Combining Donepezil With Perceptual Learning in Normal and Amblyopic Human The Effect of Donepezil on Perceptual Learning in Adult Amblyopia
The research deals with amblyopia or lazy eye, a condition that affects about 3% of the population, and results in a variety of visual deficits.
- Trial name
- NCT03109314
- Testing
- Donepezil, Single-letter training, Uncrowd training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dennis Levi
Healthy Young Adults
Modulation of Visual-Spatial Learning in Healthy Young Adults by tDCS
The aim of this study is to investigate whether a combination of intensive training of visual-spatial abilities (LOCATO task) with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) leads to an improvement of learning and…
- Trial name
- NCT02110407
- Testing
- tDCS, training
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Basic Science: Visual Attention in Healthy Participants, Basic Science: Neural Representations of Location
Probing the Role of Feature Dimension Maps in Visual Cognition: Impact of Task Demands and Spatial Attention (Expt 2.2)
How does one know what to look at in a scene? Imagine a "Where's Waldo" game - it's challenging to find Waldo because there are many 'salient' locations in the picture, each vying for one's attention.
- Trial name
- NCT07572630
- Testing
- Stimulus properties: task-defining feature
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Santa Barbara
Spatial Neglect
The Visual Scanning Test: a Neuropsychological Tool to Assess Extrapersonal Visual Unilateral Spatial Neglect
Presentation and standardization on a normative sample of a new neuropsychological tool to provide a quantitative assessment of visual unilateral spatial neglect in the extrapersonal portion of space.
- Trial name
- VST (NCT03931798)
- Testing
- Visual Scanning Test
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ETS
Cognitive Change, Processing, Visual Spatial
Effects of a Complex, Partnered Martial Arts-based Intervention on Cognitive Function
The investigators' study is designed to test whether brief exposure to a martial arts-based intervention (a coordinative, partnered training exercise known as "Hubod"), can improve cognitive function to a greater degree than…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Change, Processing, Visual Spatial, Inhibition (Psychology), Working Memory
- Trial name
- HUBOD (NCT04760054)
- Testing
- HUBOD, Active Comparator, Control Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign