TerminatedNot Applicable

Investigating the Role of the Premotor Cortex in Higher Cognitive Functions

Stopped: not enough enrollment

France9 participantsStarted 2007-05

Plain-language summary

This project aims at understanding better the role of the frontal lobe of the brain in our capacity to perceive visual information consciously, and also, in our capacity to perceive others' actions. It includes a test where we ask subjects to detect visual information in front of a computer screen, and another test where we ask them to imitate finger movements.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy subjects chosen from a pool of adult subjects, recruited through ads. * In the second group, the subjects are recruited from a pool of brain-damaged patients treated at the hospital de la Pitié-Salpétrière. They must suffer from a focal lesion in the prefrontal cortex. Exclusion Criteria: * For the healthy group: any previous brain-related medical history. * Widespread brain-damage, extending beyond the prefrontal cortex, that is to say, lesions that are not really focal.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00842413

SponsorAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2007-09

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