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Tinnitus and Auditory Perception Mechanisms
University College London, GB
Do you have tinnitus?
Take part to help us understand the neural mechanisms underlying the condition better.
Chronic tinnitus is a constant ringing/tone/hissing that a person can hear despite it having no physical source.
Forming predictions based on prior experiences is a fundamental...- 150 Min(s) to complete
- £30 and local travel expenses reimbursed
- Experiment
- Wellcome Trust Centre, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
28 April 2025 Requirements- Must have subjective tinnitus for 6 months or more (persistent sound heard in one or both ears that is not coming from an external sound source or actual sounds being generated inside your body such as turbulent blood flow), that is present all or most of time in the absence of background sounds that are sufficiently loud to mask it;
- Aged between 18 and 55;
- No severe/profound hearing loss;
- The ability to lie very still for around 60 minutes at a time;
- No presence of claustrophobia/fear of enclosed or tight spaces;
- No eye or head injuries involving metal (e.g. splinters from working with metal, or shrapnel);
- No implanted medical devices (including pacemakers, cochlear implants, heart valves, aneurysm clips or coronary stents, infusion pumps, or Hickman lines);
- No abnormalities of brain structure (e.g. stroke, tumour), or other neurological disorders (e.g. multiple sclerosis or epilepsy);
- No ongoing use of sedating medications, or certain other nerve-acting medications;
- No current mental health condition of sufficient severity to prevent certain activities of everyday life;
- No experience of seizures.
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What affects your perception of sound? fMRI Study
University College London, GB
This study will involve:
- A hearing test;
- A 30 minute computer task, in which you will be presented a series of ‘trials’. Each trial is a few seconds long, and involves listening to a series of audio tones through headphones, and seeing a visual cue. You will subsequently be presented...- 150 Min(s) to complete
- £30 and local travel expenses reimbursed
- Experiment
- Wellcome Trust Centre, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
17 March 2025 Requirements- Hearing ability within ‘normal’ range
- NO presence of tinnitus (persistent sound heard in one or both ears that is not coming from an external sound source or actual sounds being generated inside your body such as turbulent blood flow), that is present in the absence of background sounds that are sufficiently loud to mask it
- Aged 18 or over
- The ability to lie very still for around 60 minutes at a time
- No presence of claustrophobia/fear of enclosed or tight spaces
- No eye or head injuries involving metal (e.g. splinters from working with metal, or shrapnel)
- No implanted medical devices (including pacemakers, cochlear implants, heart valves, aneurysm clips or coronary stents, infusion pumps, or Hickman lines)
- No abnormalities of brain structure (e.g. stroke, tumour), or other neurological disorders (e.g. multiple sclerosis or epilepsy)
- No ongoing use of sedating medications, or certain other nerve-acting medications
- No current mental health condition of sufficient severity to prevent certain activities of everyday life
- No experience of seizures
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AND-PD (Anxiety with or without Depressive Features in Parkinson's disease)
University College London, GB
We want to find out what the risk factors and associated clinical features are for anxiety in people with Parkinson’s disease. The eventual aim will be to identify targets to help design therapies to improve anxiety in Parkinson’s. We also would like to see if patterns of anxiety and depression...
- 4 Hour(s) to complete
- £10
- Experiment
- Wellcome Trust Centre, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
04 March 2025 Requirements- • You are a healthy individual
- • You experience anxiety
- • You are aged between 40 and 89 years old
- • You do not have a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease
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Bipolar disorder: How does my mood relate to my brain activity?
University College London, GB
Want to help exciting neuroimaging research into the relationship between mood & brain connections? If you have a bipolar diagnosis, aged 18-45 & near London, join this paid study at University College London. This involves one fMRI scan visit and some decision making games as well a short...
- 300 Min(s) to complete
- £45 for scan plus £17.5 for smartphone part.
- One fMRI scan and 2-week smartphone study (approx. 1 hour per week)
- Queen Square, London WC1N, UK
10 December 2024 Requirements- Have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder
- Be under 45 years of age
- Based in London
- No history of a neurological disorder
- No neurodivergence (including autism spectrum, ADHD, learning difficulties)
- No MRI contraindications (e.g., metal implants, pacemakers, severe claustrophobia).
- Has a smartphone with access to internet