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NCT Number: NCT02074722

Brain-Computer Interface and Mind-Body Awareness Training

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy Subjects

Age range

18 year–64 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Nils Hasselmo Hall at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Campus

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Performance over BCI sessions

    Time frame: one to three months

    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).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Minnesota

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Feb 28, 2014
Registry last updated
Jan 12, 2018

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