Risk Formalisms & Decision-Making in Schizophrenia and Non-Psychiatric Participants

W
William Hetrick

Primary Investigator

Overview

The purpose of this study is to better understand the brain during decision-making in healthy people and people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Description

The purpose of this study is (1) to collect behavioral data on two tasks, in order to determine how reward value, probability, and variance risk impact decision-making, and (2) parse neural signatures for loss aversion, reward seeking, infrequency effects (less often an event occurs the more brain activity will be found when it does occur), value detection, risk evaluation, and loss probability.

Eligibility

You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:

  • Conditions:
    schizophrenia,schizoaffective disorder,healthy,schizophrenia,schizoaffective disorder,healthy,schizoaffective,schizophrenic
  • Age: Between 18 Years - 55 Years
  • Gender: All

Inclusion Criteria
No history of mental or neurological disorder
Arrive sober the day of testing
Exclusion Criteria
History of a head injury resulting in loss of consciousness greater than 2 minutes
Fear of being in a small, enclosed space

Additional Information:
This study takes place in Indianapolis, IN or Bloomington, IN.

Participants will be paid for their participation.

Updated on 20 Nov 2022. Study ID: 1704978097

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