NCT04922684

Can Mimic Emotional Expression Training Help Improve Emotion Processing

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 17 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The main aim of the present study is to investigate whether mimicking emotional expressions training via FaceReader software can improve emotional processing and recognition in healthy subjects, especially individuals with hityer autistic traits.

Detailed description

Some mood and trait questionnaires such as Autism Spectrum Quotient, Social Responsiveness Scale,State-Trait Anxiety Inventory,Beck's Depression Inventory etc are asked to complete. 90 healthy male subjects will receive 16 times (4 times a week , 4 weeks) of mimicking emotional expressions training via Facereader. During training, 3 times of fNIRS (t2,t9 and t16) were recorded simultaneously. fMRI scanning, including emotion processing and emotion recognition tasks, 7 minutes resting data, ans DTI data will be collected before and after the training. After fMRI scaning, behavioral ratings (i.e. intensity and valence) and eye-tracking data will be collected.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mimic facial expressions	16 times (4 times a week, last 4 weeks) of mimicking facial expressions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-30
• Primary completion: 2021-12-30
• Completion: 2022-03-30
• First posted: 2021-06-11
• Last updated: 2021-06-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China