Brain recording during awake surgery to study motor learning
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This study uses special brain recordings during an awake surgical procedure to understand how the brain learns new movement and sensation skills. If you can comfortably take part in a simple task during surgery, you may help researchers learn how learning works in humans.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You will be having an upcoming surgery where the medical team records activity from inside the brain while you are awake.
- During the surgery, you must be able to follow instructions for a planned task (simple movement/sensing task).
- You should not have complete deafness.
- You must not have a condition that, in the research team’s judgment, would prevent you from completing the task safely or correctly.
- The surgical plan must allow the brain-recording part of the study to happen during your operation.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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