Therapeutic Benefits of Pareidolia in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

ConditionTraumatic Brain Injuries

Trial statusNot yet recruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18-80

SponsorShirley Ryan AbilityLab

About this trial

This study will investigate whether viewing and identifying meaningful shapes or images hidden within nature pictures (pareidolia) can improve motivation and engagement in rehabilitation therapy for adults with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants will be randomly assigned to either a pareidolia-based activity group or a control group and will complete therapy sessions and assessments over approximately three weeks. The findings may help identify a simple, low-risk approach to enhancing rehabilitation participation after TBI

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

Therapeutic Benefits of Pareidolia
Behavioral
A clinician-guided pareidolia intervention in which participants identify and describe meaningful shapes or images embedded within nature-based visual stimuli during structured rehabilitation sessions. The activity is delivered as a progressive scavenger hunt with varying levels of image difficulty.
Active Comparator #1
Behavioral
Participants complete a comparable walking and nature-image viewing activity without pareidolic images or instructions to identify hidden shapes or patterns.

Treatment groups

50 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: Structured pareidolia-based therapeutic activity.Experimental treatment 1 intervention

Group B: Nature-image viewing activity without pareidolia exposure.Active comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Change in Therapy Engagement

Therapy Engagement and Motivation as measured by the Rehabilitation Therapy Engagement Scale (RTES)

Time frame

4 weeks

Sponsors and contacts

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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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