Individual Differences in Emotional and Behavioral Patterns and Their Relationship to Cognition
University of Miami
Summary
The purpose of this study is to use smartphone technology to capture individual location emotional and cognitive data, to examine how real-world behaviors thoughts, emotions, and brain activity are related to one another.
Description
The observational portion of this study was initially approved in 2015, this is a subset of the initially approved study and it is a clinical trial of 100 participants.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–50 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Must agree to give informed consent * Must be willing to have an functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) scan * Must be able to receive and respond to daily text messages assessing current emotion * Must be willing to download and run a GPS tracking application (FollowMee) onto their smartphone for a four-month period Exclusion Criteria: * history of head trauma, seizures, or neurological disorders * severe/unstable medical conditions * conditions that interfere with MRI * pregnancy * lifetime psychotic/bipolar disorder * chronic/severe substance or alcohol abuse/…
Interventions
- BehavioralModifying Exploration
Participants in this group will use a mobile phone sensor data application that uses an accelerometer, Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) and/or GPS designed for smartphone devices. This technology allows the phones to capture information automatically and passively on the participant's activity. The application will be collecting participants' data 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Participants will be asked to make alterations to their exploration levels approximately 20 days of their participation in the study.
Location
- University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida