Exploring the Relationship Between Social Expertise and Ability to Process Different Types of Abstract Concepts and the Neural Resources Allocated to Their Processing

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

84

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2025

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2025

Study Completion Date

February 28, 2026

Conditions
Healthy
Interventions
OTHER

Behavioral and MR scanning

After enrollment, participants will be screened on the basis of the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subsequently, during the single study, participants will be administered a series of questionnaires (Edinburgh Handedness Inventory - Short Form; Evaluation of social related abilities, competences, and traits: Autism Quotient Test, DASS-21, SIAS, DERS, Ekman test; SET; I-TIPI, and conceptual ratings on semantic dimensions (moral, social, political). Then, an MR acquisition without contrast will be performed. Specifically, we will acquire structural, resting state and functional (BOLD) sequences, in the latter case during the administration of a semantic categorization task. The task is aimed to ascertain participants' responses time and accuracy in processing abstract concepts. Participants will be required to indicate the category of each of the visually presented words by means of button press. The study visit will last 3 hours in total.

Trial Locations (1)

20132

Centro Eccellenza Risonanza Magnetica ad Alto Campo (CERMAC), Milan

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele

OTHER

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