Body Movement Imitation and Perspective Perception Among Psychiatric Patients
Primary Purpose
Schizophrenia, Depression
Status
Unknown status
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Israel
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
imitation assessment using the 5-dt "data glove".
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Schizophrenia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women aged 20-65.
- Subjects who met the criteria for diagnosis of major DSM-IV for schizophrenia or unipolar depression.
- Subjects with normal or corrected vision.
- Subjects who sign informed consent for their participation in the experiment
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with acute disorder, or an unstable patient. Especially neurological disorders or head injuries.
- Drug Abuse in the past year.
- Lack of jurisdiction, such as people with mental retardation or dementia.
- assessed with high suicide risk.
- patients which are Compulsory hospitalized.
- Pregnant women
Sites / Locations
- Shalvata MHC
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Experimental
Arm Label
depresive patients
Schizophrenia patients
Arm Description
30 patients suffering from depression
30 Schizophrenia patients
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
speed of hand movement according to the reaction glove
Secondary Outcome Measures
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT01375894
First Posted
June 14, 2011
Last Updated
December 29, 2011
Sponsor
Shalvata Mental Health Center
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01375894
Brief Title
Body Movement Imitation and Perspective Perception Among Psychiatric Patients
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
December 2011
Overall Recruitment Status
Unknown status
Study Start Date
March 2012 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
December 2012 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
December 2012 (Anticipated)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Shalvata Mental Health Center
4. Oversight
Data Monitoring Committee
Yes
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
The ability to understand the other's perspective and respond accordingly is the most important normal process of daily social life and is probably one of the foundations of human existence. This capability is reflected, inter alia, as an imitation - an important and effective form of learning which is very developed in humans. When we are required to imitate a particular movement, speed of response depends on the perspective of the movement. Imitative response is implemented faster when the movement is observed from first-person perspective, than if the motion is presented from the perspective of a third party.
While healthy individuals don't find it difficult to imitate, or to understand the other's emotion expression, there are psychiatric populations (such as autism and schizophrenia) who find it difficult to demonstrate these capabilities (Park, Matthews et al. 2008). Beyond these capabilities impairment, schizophrenic patients have difficulty distinguishing between their arm movements and those of a foreign hand and find it difficult to leave the boundaries of egocentric interpretation of reality and adopt the other's point of view. These behavioral disorders arise from defects in the network of mirror neurons (Buccino and Amore 2008; Langdon, Coltheart et al. 2010).
Therefore, the investigator expect that schizophrenic patients will not see a preference for movements that will be displayed in first-person perspective from the same movements that will be displayed from the perspective of a third party. Consequently, the investigator speculate that these subjects will not exhibit differences at imitating the response of which will be presented from different perspectives (Jackson, Meltzoff et (al. 2006.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Schizophrenia, Depression
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Diagnostic
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Non-Randomized
Enrollment
60 (Anticipated)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
depresive patients
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
30 patients suffering from depression
Arm Title
Schizophrenia patients
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
30 Schizophrenia patients
Intervention Type
Device
Intervention Name(s)
imitation assessment using the 5-dt "data glove".
Intervention Description
measuring the speed of the hand during imitation
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
speed of hand movement according to the reaction glove
Time Frame
30 minutes
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
20 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
65 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Men and women aged 20-65.
Subjects who met the criteria for diagnosis of major DSM-IV for schizophrenia or unipolar depression.
Subjects with normal or corrected vision.
Subjects who sign informed consent for their participation in the experiment
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with acute disorder, or an unstable patient. Especially neurological disorders or head injuries.
Drug Abuse in the past year.
Lack of jurisdiction, such as people with mental retardation or dementia.
assessed with high suicide risk.
patients which are Compulsory hospitalized.
Pregnant women
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Hilik Levkovitz, prof.
Phone
09-7478644
Email
ylevk@clalit.org.il
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Shalvata MHC
City
Hod hasharon
Country
Israel
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Hilik Levkovitz, prof.
Phone
09-7478644
Email
ylevk@clalit.org.il
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Hilik Levkovitz, prof.
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