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Enrolling by invitationNCT05709743Updated Oct 9, 2024

Task Switching Between Target Templates During Visual Search in Healthy Adults

An interventional study of Experimental: Within-Subjects Attentional Information in Healthy, sponsored by Lehigh University. Enrolling by invitation at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-10-09.

Sponsored by Lehigh University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Feb 2025, 1 year 7 months ago, but the record still lists the study as enrolling by invitation.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
24
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

In this line of research, the researchers having participants engage in task switching between tasks which require a positive (target) template, negative (distractor) template, or neutral (non-informative) template to the cognitive control factors associated with each template type during visual search. This is a basic science study.

Read the detailed description

The researchers will have participants engage in task switching between tasks which require a positive (target) template, negative (distractor) template, or neutral (non-informative) template to the cognitive control factors associated with each template type during visual search. Looking for impacts of task switching helps to identify the components of the cognitive control system that overlap between different types of attentional templates. This is a basic science study.

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy

Keywords

  • attention
  • visual search
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In context

Lead sponsor

Lehigh University is the lead sponsor of 16 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • normal or corrected to normal visual acuity, normal color vision

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

-

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
24 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Within-Subjects Attentional Information

    Within-Subjects, all participants receive all interventions

    Behavioral: Experimental: Within-Subjects Attentional Information

Interventions

  • BehavioralExperimental: Within-Subjects Attentional Information

    Behavioral: Visual Search Information Type (target or distractor information) Participants will have information about targets, distractors, or neither in different trials of the intervention.

    Also known as: Within-Subjects, all participants receive all interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Button Press Reaction Time

    Speed to respond correctly to the target- after participant finds the target shape on a computer screen, they press a button to indicate what shape they see

    Time frame: One day (during testing)

  2. Button Press Accuracy

    Accuracy of responses to target item (% correct)- the researchers will measure whether the participants presses the correct button which corresponds to the target shape presented on the computer screen or the incorrect button

    Time frame: One day (during testing)

  3. Eye Movements to Objects on Computer Screen

    Proportion (% of total) of eye movements directed to potential targets or distractors, measured with an Eye Link II eye tracker

    Time frame: One day (during testing)

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Study locations

1 site
  • Lehigh University
    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — The researchers plan to share anonymized subject data on Open Science Framework.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 9, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05709743
Lead sponsor
Lehigh University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 2, 2023
Start date
Apr 12, 2023
Primary completion
Feb 17, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 17, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 9, 2024

Study contacts

Nancy Carlisle, PhD
principal investigator · Lehigh University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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