NCT04204759

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Antisocial Behavior

The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Prefrontal Cortex on Antisocial Behavior

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 101 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nanyang Technological University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The main objective of this study is to investigate the causal relationship between prefrontal cortex activity and antisocial behavior, as well as risk factors for antisocial behavior. Specifically, this study tests the hypothesis that upregulating activity in the prefrontal cortex through a non-invasive form of brain stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) will reduce antisocial and aggressive behavior. The effects of 3 days of anodal stimulation over the prefrontal cortex are assessed.

Conditions

• Aggression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcranial direct current stimulation	Non-invasive stimulation will be conducted using a tDCS device (StarStim, Neuroelectrics, Spain).
DEVICE	Sham transcranial direct current stimulation	The same device will be used as in the active stimulation group, but stimulation will be terminated after 30 seconds.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-11-03
• Primary completion: 2022-05-01
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2019-12-19
• Last updated: 2022-10-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Singapore