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Role of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Decrease Impulsivity and Compulsivity in Individuals With Obesity
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Device: Active Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) coupled with cognitive training and Device: Sham Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) coupled with cognitive training for Impulsivity and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 31 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Even when they know it can improve health, many individuals with loss of control eating struggle when they are trying to make and sustain new health habits for weight loss and maintenance of weight loss. Impulsivity, characterized by lack of foresight and planning and excessive risk taking, and compulsivity, characterized by inability to break old habitual behaviors, may play a role in refractory obesity. The primary objective of this pilot study is to investigate the effect of a novel neuroplasticity based intervention, cognitive training coupled with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), on measures of impulsivity and compulsivity in individuals with obesity.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Cognitive training concurrent with 2 milliamperes (mAmps) of anodal stimulation applied to the right prefrontal cortex for total of 26 minutes.
Cognitive training concurrent with sham tDCS (30 secs ramp up/ramp down of current at beginning of session).