Enhancing Emotion Regulation Through Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)-Informed Real-time Neurofeedback
Enhancing Emotion Regulation Through fNIRS-informed Real-time Neurofeedback
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
50 participants
Aug 8, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The present study aims to employ real-time functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) neurofeedback training in combination with cognitive reappraisal strategies for regulating negative emotions in healthy individuals. Participants will complete: * Cognitive reappraisal training with either real neurofeedback or sham feedback. * Questionnaires at pre- and post- training timepoints * A cold-pressor test at the end of the training It is hypothesized that combining real-time fNIRS neurofeedback and cognitive reappraisal training will enhance emotion regulation in healthy individuals: 1. Increased neural activity in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) region of the brain will be significantly higher in the real neurofeedback group after training compared to the sham feedback group. 2. Real-time fNIRS-guided upregulation of the PFC will enhance emotion regulation during exposure to negative stimuli/scenes across the training runs. 3. The effects of fNIRS neurofeedback training will extend to influence emotion regulation in a cold-pressor test administered post-training, wherein individuals in the real neurofeedback group demonstrate better regulation of stress and pain induced by the task.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- Normal/corrected-to-normal vision
- Right-handed
- Below the cut-off for clinically-significant levels of depression (below 29) indicated by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II; Beck et al., 1996)
Exclusion Criteria4
- Current/history of mental health conditions
- Current/history of chronic pain
- The following conditions: Cardiovascular disorder, Raynaud's phenomenon, fainting, seizure, wounds on the hand/arm
- Frequent use of alcohol/nicotine
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Interventions
Activity in the target brain region measured by fNIRS in real-time will undergo processing on Turbo-Satori (BrainVoyager; Maastricht, Netherlands) to infer changes in oxygenated blood activity in the target brain region and relayed to the task program for visual feedback.
Previous data acquired from another individual in the experimental group will be loaded into Turbo-Satori (BrainVoyager; Maastricht, Netherlands) software for preprocessing in real-time and relayed to the task program for visual feedback.
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NCT06866028