Clinical Research Directory
Browse clinical research sites, groups, and studies.
taVNS Effects on Fear Ratings in Naturalistic Context
Sponsor: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Summary
During the fear rating task, 70 participants viewed a 600-second horror movie while continuously rating their subjective fear intensity (0-100 scale) every 0.51 seconds (1,170 total ratings). Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) data were simultaneously recorded using the NIRSIT LITE system to monitor cortical hemodynamic responses.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 30 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
70
Start Date
2025-03-01
Completion Date
2025-07-31
Last Updated
2025-05-16
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation
Ear clip electrodes attached to the left cymba conchae to target vagus nerve branches.
Sham condition
Electrode placement attached on the left earlobe.
Locations (1)
Nirsit Lite
Chengdu, Sichuan, China