Brain imaging study of visual imagination differences
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This research uses special brain-imaging machines (MEG and MRI) to study how people's brains work when imagining movement and pictures. Some people have aphantasia—they can't create mental images—and researchers want to understand how their brains differ from people who can imagine vividly.
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Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 60 years old
- You are willing to actively participate and complete the study activities
- You have no current or past neurological or psychiatric disorders (like epilepsy, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia)
- You do not have sleep disorders that could affect the study
- You have no metal implants in your body (pacemakers, hearing aids, dental braces with metal, brain clips, or other metal devices)
- You are not pregnant, breastfeeding, or confined to a hospital or institution
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