Babies' Brain Responses to Strangers
ConditionInfant Development
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age7-12
SponsorUniversity of California Santa Cruz
About this trial
Researchers at the Diversity in Development Lab at UC Santa Cruz are investigating how babies' brain activities respond to people from familiar and unfamiliar racial backgrounds.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
typically developing
age 7 to 12 months
at least 37 weeks gestation
Disqualifiers
any known developmental delays
less than 37 weeks gestation
Trial population
community sample from the larger Santa Cruz area
Trial design
Design model
Case-only
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Treatments tested in this trial
Infants observing familiar and unfamiliar racial groups
Other interventionAll infants will see videos of people from familiar and unfamiliar racial backgrounds. Depending on the caregiver's race, infants will be assigned to see people who are from the same racial background as their caregiver (i.e., familiar) and people who are not.
Treatment groups
No treatment groups listed
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Mu event related desynchronization
EEG oscillation in alpha power over central regions
Time frame
Through study completion, an average of 10 years.2
Frontal theta synchronization
EEG oscillation in theta power over frontal regions
Time frame
Through study completion, an average of 10 years.3
Frontal alpha asymmetry
left and right hemispheric difference in EEG oscillation in alpha power in the frontal regions
Time frame
Through study completion, an average of 10 years.Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov