Can Mimic Emotional Expression Training Help Improve Emotion Processing

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Behavioral: Mimic facial expressions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04922684

UESTC-neuSCAN-66

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 17 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy subjects without past or current psychiatric or neurological disorders

Exclusion criteria

• history of head injury;
• pregnant, menstruating, taking oral contraceptives;
• medical or psychiatric illness.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

Lower austic sub-group

Active Comparator group

Description:

16 times of mimicking emotional expressions

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mimic facial expressions

Higher austic sub-group

Experimental group

Description:

16 times of mimicking emotional expressions

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mimic facial expressions