NCT02020265

fMRI Based EEG Neurofeedback as a Method of Enhancing Emotional Resilience Among Soldiers

Longitudinal Study of the Effect of Neurofeedback Training on Soldiers Emotional Regulation Ability and Mental Resilience to Stress.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

EEG protocols exist for reducing stress and improve PTSD symptoms (A/T EEG protocols, Peniston, 1993, Hammond, 2005) however; our innovative EEG-NF LMI approach intends to be more amygdala/stress specific and therefore more efficient. Three groups of soldiers, while in operational activity will go through 24 sessions of 3 different methods of EEG-NF; our newly developed NF via MLI, a standard procedure for NF via A/T and a placebo NF. Difference between the groups in regard to their emotion regulation capability will be tested by fMRI with regard to amygdala activation following EEG-NF LMI as well as two stress challenge tests.

Conditions

• Stress
• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	EEG neurofeedback

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-02-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-01
• Completion: 2020-12-01
• First posted: 2013-12-24
• Last updated: 2018-09-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel