Brain-Computer Interface and Mind-Body Awareness Training

Healthy Subjects Clinical Trial

Official title:

Brain-Computer Interface and Mind-Body Awareness Training

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02074722
• Other study ID #: 1312M46727
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 7, 2014
• Last updated: January 11, 2018
• Start date: March 2014
• Est. completion date: June 28, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: January 2018
• Source: University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Mind-Body Awareness Training (MBAT), in the forms of various yoga and meditative practices, has become increasingly prevalent due to an increase in awareness of the potential health benefits, and improvements in concentration that this training can provide to practitioners. In the present study, we investigate the role of Mind-Body Awareness Training (MBAT) in the initial learning of a sensorimotor (SMR) based Brain-Computer Interface (BCI).

The PI's hypothesis is that MBAT will improve performance in SMR based BCI.

Description:

In this protocol, we will test the PI's hypothesis that MBAT including yoga will improve the ability for subjects to concentrate on control the SMR thus improving the performance of BCI.

Subjects will be recruited for short term MBAT and then undergo BCI training. The performance of subjects with MBAT will be compared with those without MBAT to test the hypothesis. Procedures involved include 6 weeks yoga classes with at least 3 classes per week, and a EEG brain noninvasive brain computer interface study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 152
• Est. completion date: June 28, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: June 28, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 64 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-64 years old healthy subjects

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of traumatic brain injury/brain lesion, history of neurological deficit or neurodegenerative disorder, or history of epileptic seizures.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Subjects

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Nils Hasselmo Hall at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Campus	Minneapolis	Minnesota

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Performance over BCI sessions	During the course of the study over 5-10 weeks, we will quantitatively examine three main components of data: the proportion of subjects that achieve a pre-determined threshold of one-dimensional BCI competency as a time to event analysis, how subjects performed on average in each metric (accuracy, speed, etc.) over the course of the study (5-10 weeks), and subject learning over time during the course of study (5-10 weeks).	one to three months