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Novel Multimodal Neural, Physiological, and Behavioral Sensing and Machine Learning for Mental States

University of Southern California · with National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) · NCT07110688

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
90
US sites recruiting
2
Study start
August 1, 2024
Record last updated
October 1, 2025

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What the study is about

In this program, the investigators will develop novel multimodal neural-behavioral-physiological monitoring tools (software and hardware), and machine learning models for mental states within social processes and beyond. The tools consist of a multimodal skin-like wearable sensor for physiological and biochemical sensing; a conversational virtual human platform to evoke naturalistic social processes; audiovisual affect recognition software; synchronization tools; and machine learning methods to model the multimodal data. The investigators will demonstrate the tools in healthy subjects without neural recordings and in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy who already have intracranial EEG (iEEG) electrodes implanted based on clinical criteria for standard monitoring to localize seizures, which is unrelated to our study.

Being studied: Virtual human social interaction; Cold pressor test

Conditions: No Condition; Study Mental State in Healthy Populations and Drug-resistant Epilepsy Patients With Existing iEEG

Eligibility criteria

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For the healthy population, all subjects over the age of 18 who are able and willing to give informed consent will be eligible.

For the epilepsy population, inclusion criteria are:

  • Patients who suffer from drug-resistant epilepsy and already have intracranial EEG (iEEG) electrodes implanted based on clinical criteria for their standard seizure localization (unrelated to our study) will be eligible. Most patients are healthy adults outside of their epilepsy.
  • Subjects >= 18 are only included in this study.
  • All patients with the above conditions and with already-implanted electrodes who are willing to participate and able to cooperate and follow research instructions will be recruited.

Recruiting US locations

  • Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

    Downey, CA 90242

    Site contact: Charles Liu, MD, PhD · 323-226-7421 · cliu@usc.edu

  • University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, CA 90007

    Site contact: Maryam M Shanechi, PhD · 213-740-1377 · shanechi@usc.edu

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