tVNS and Approach-Avoidance Behavior in Anhedonia and Anxiety
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Healthy Participants
Anxiety Disorders (With High Anxiety Symptoms)
Depressive Disorders (With High Anhedonia Symptoms)
Comorbid Depression and Anxiety Disorder (With High Anhedonia and High Anxiety Symptoms)
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 40
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Basic Science
- Participants needed
- 104 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Dr. Nils B. Kroemer · Other
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About This Trial
This study investigates if anhedonia and anxiety symptoms are associated with alterations in reinforcement learning, effort trade-offs for wins vs. punishments, and foraging behavior under threat. Moreover, it will investigate whether these processes can be influenced by a metabolic load and/or transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS). The project consists of (a) an online reinforcement learn…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* BMI between 18,5 and 30,0 kg/m2,
* between 18 and 40 years of age, and
* be able and willing to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
* have a high risk of suicide,
* have a lifetime diagnosis of severe neurological disorder (incl. ADHD), schizophrenia, bipolar disor…
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