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Predicting Future Errors During Skill Performance

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) · NCT06707207

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–35 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
40
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 17, 2026
Record last updated
July 9, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

Background

Many tasks people do every day require a series of individual movements. Control over these movements is called motor skills. But even highly skilled people can make mistakes. Researchers have found that they can predict when a person will make a mistake 0.1 second before it happens. Now, they want to find out if they can increase that time up to 1 second-long enough to warn the person and prevent the mistake.

Objective

To see if motor skill errors can be detected up to 1 second before they occur.

Eligibility

Right-handed healthy adults aged 18 to 35.

Design

Participants will have 2 to 5 study visits. Each visit will be 1 to 2 hours.

They will have a physical and neurological exam.

They will have 1 or 2 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. They will lie on a table that slides into a large cylinder. The MRI uses strong magnets to capture images of the inside of the body, including the brain.

They will have another scan, called magnetoencephalography (MEG). Small metal disks attached to wires will be taped to their head. Participants will sit in a padded chair with their head inside of a helmet. The helmet will not cover their eyes or face. Participants will perform a series of typing tasks on a keyboard. They will have short breaks between each round. Their head movements will be tracked, and their eye and finger movements will be videotaped.

Conditions: Healthy

Eligibility criteria

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  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:

In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
  • Male or female, aged 18-35
  • In good general health as evidenced by medical history and normal neurological examination as determined by the screening clinician
  • English speaking
  • Right-handedness as reported by participant
  • Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

EXCLUSION CRITERIA

An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:

  • HCPS-affiliated NIH staff (i.e. - staff from our section)
  • Current pregnancy
  • Contraindications for MRI, or MEG
  • Severe or progressive neurological, psychological or medical condition as determined by the medical history review or physical and neurological exam.

Recruiting US locations

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    Bethesda, MD 20892

    Site contact: NIH Clinical Center Office of Patient Recruitment (OPR) · 800-411-1222 · ccopr@nih.gov

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Catherine L Blumhorst, C.R.N.P. · (301) 451-1335 · cathy.blumhorst@nih.gov
  • Leonardo G Cohen, M.D. · (301) 496-9782 · cohenl1@mail.nih.gov
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