taVNS Effects on Fear Ratings in Naturalistic Context
Condition(s) studied
Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)
transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation: Ear clip electrodes attached to the left cymba conchae to target vagus nerve branches.
Sham condition: Electrode placement attached on the left earlobe.
Study summary
During the fear rating task, 70 participants viewed a 600-second horror movie while continuously rating their subjective fear intensity (0-100 scale) every 0.51 seconds (1,170 total ratings). Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) data were simultaneously recorded using the NIRSIT LITE system to monitor cortical hemodynamic responses.
Eligibility
Primary outcome measure(s)
- Neural activity changes between groups — 10 minutes
The differences in the activity of frontal regions between groups using fNIRS - Fear ratings between groups — 10 minutes
The differences in the fear ratings (0-100, from neutral to extremely fearful) between groups - Functional connectivity witnin frontal regions between groups — 10 minutes
The differences in the functional connectivity within frontal regions using fNIRS between groups - The correlation between brain activity and behavioral ratings across groups — 10 minutes
The correlation between brain activity and behavioral ratings across groups
Trial sites (1)
| Facility | City | Region | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nirsit Lite | Chengdu | Sichuan | Recruiting |
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