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Speech Motor Learning and Retention (Master Protocol)

RecruitingNA

Sponsor: Yale University

Conditions: Speech

Interventions: continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS), Adaptation, Single pulse Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), fMRI

Countries: United States

The overall goal of this research is to test a new model of speech motor learning, whose central hypothesis is that learning and retention are associated with plasticity not only in motor areas of the brain but in auditory and somatosensory regions as well.

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 18 Years to 40 Years

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Fluent English speakers
* Right-handed
* Normal hearing
* No speech disorder or reading disability

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cardiac pacemaker
* Aneurysm clip
* Heart or Vascular clip
* Prosthetic valve
* Metal implants
* Metal in brain, skull, or spinal cord
* Implanted neurostimulator
* Medication infusion device
* Cochlear implant or tinnitus (ringing in ears)
* Personal and/or family history of epilepsy or other neurological disorders or history of head concussion
* Psychoactive medications
* Pregnancy

Locations (1)

New Haven, Connecticut, United States