Emotional Perceptual Training as a Treatment for Social Anxiety: Behavioral and Neural Evidence. (PTL)
Anxiety Disorders and Symptoms, Social Anxiety Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Anxiety Disorders and Symptoms focused on measuring Social Anxiety, Threat processing, Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Right-handed
- Normal or corrected-to-normal vision
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of a diagnosed neurological or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - IV Axis I disorder
- Currently taking prescribed psychoactive drugs, including anti-depressants or anxiolytics.
- Having electrically, magnetically, or mechanically activated implants (e.g. cardiac pacemakers), due to incompatibility with MRI and MEG systems.
- Pregnancy or suspected pregnancy
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Arm 5
Experimental
Sham Comparator
Experimental
Experimental
Sham Comparator
Active - MEG
Control - MEG
Active - 3 Behavior/EEG
Active - 1 Behavior/MEG
Control - 3 Behavior/MEG
Participants completed 1 session of 8 Perceptual Retraining blocks following an instructional presentation.
Participants completed 1 session of 8 blocks of Gender Discrimination Task.
Participants completed 3 sessions of Perceptual Retraining following an instructional presentation. The first session included 6 blocks of perceptual training, and the second session included 12 blocks of perceptual training. No perceptual training was performed in session 3. Sessions were spaced approximately 7 days apart, with a minimum of 3 days and a maximum of 14 days apart.
Participants completed 1 session of 6 Perceptual Retraining blocks following an instructional presentation.
Participants completed 3 sessions of a Gender Discrimination Task. The first session included 6 blocks of gender discrimination task, and the second session included 12 blocks of the gender discrimination task. No gender discrimination task was performed in session 3. Sessions were spaced approximately 7 days apart, with a minimum of 3 days and a maximum of 14 days apart.