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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Calculus Problem Solving

3. marts 2008 opdateret af: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Functional Neuroimaging of Calculus Problem Solving

This study will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify brain regions involved in solving algebraic math problems. It will examine brain activation according to the level of difficulty and the number of steps required to solve the problem. This information will help identify a possible correlation between problem-solving strategies and patterns of brain activation.

Undergraduate or graduate students between 19 and 36 years of age who have completed at least 2 years of college, have had at least one college course in integral calculus, and who have no history of neurological disease may be eligible for this study. Candidates will be screened with a medical history, including psychiatric and neurological information.

Participants will be asked to mentally solve a variety of integral calculus problems while undergoing MRI scanning, a procedure that uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to produce images of structural and chemical changes in the brain. During the scan, the subject lies on a table in a narrow cylinder (the scanner) containing a magnetic field. A problem and possible solution are presented to the subject, who presses a button to verify if the answer is correct. At the end of the test, the participant completes a follow-up questionnaire to determine the problem-solving strategies used.

Studieoversigt

Status

Afsluttet

Betingelser

Detaljeret beskrivelse

The purpose of this protocol is to localize the neural regions and systems mediating the forms of knowledge representations hypothesized by the principal investigator to be stored in the human prefontal cortex.

Utilizing experimental neuropsychological tasks during functional MRI on healthy, adult volunteers, we will investigate hypotheses regarding the role of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in mathematical cognition in a population of normal controls recruited among college and graduate students. We will also attempt to determine the relationship of mathematical cognition between non-frontal neural structures, such as left parietal lobe, and frontal neural structures involved in mechanistic plans, actions and mental sets.

The data collected will consist of behavioral measures of cognitive performance and corresponding fMRI images. The data that we collect in this protocol will be of value in identifying a set of neural regions and distributed networks mediating the forms of knowledge representation stored in the prefrontal cortex. We will also use the data obtained in these studies to constrain theories of frontal lobe function and to provide evidence for the role of specific frontal cortex sectors in specific cognitive functions.

Undersøgelsestype

Observationel

Tilmelding

60

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

  • Forenede Stater
    • Maryland
      • Bethesda, Maryland, Forenede Stater, 20892
        • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Deltagelseskriterier

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Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

  • Barn
  • Voksen
  • Ældre voksen

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ja

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Beskrivelse

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Graduate students and undergraduate students who have completed two years of college.

They also must have taken at least one college course in Integral Calculus.

Age range: 19-40.

Right-handedness (some left-handed subjects may be recruited for preliminary behavioral studies).

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Individuals with a neurological or psychiatric history or medical condition that would constrain interpretation of their performance during functional neuroimaging studies will be excluded.

Individuals with contraindications to exposure to high magnetic field.

Studieplan

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Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Sponsor

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart

1. maj 2003

Studieafslutning

1. marts 2005

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

8. maj 2003

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

8. maj 2003

Først opslået (Skøn)

9. maj 2003

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)

4. marts 2008

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

3. marts 2008

Sidst verificeret

1. marts 2005

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

Nøgleord

Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • 030178
  • 03-N-0178

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