Can the brain rewire when hands and eyes disagree?
NCT ID NCT05374460
First seen Aug 19, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study explores how people perceive their own hand position when visual feedback is altered. Healthy right-handed adults aged 18-45 will perform pointing tasks while the visual display is shifted, and researchers will measure how the brain realigns sensory information. The goal is to understand the factors that influence sensory and motor learning.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Behavioral tasks involving visual and proprioceptive feedback manipulations
- What this could lead to
- Could improve rehabilitation strategies for people with movement or sensory disorders by understanding how the brain recalibrates.
- What could go wrong
- This is a basic science study, so direct clinical benefits are uncertain. Results may not translate to patient populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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389 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 45 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Between the ages of 18-45 years old * Right-handed. * Covid has been found to have neurological effects in some people, but mostly the effects on sensorimotor control and neurophysiology are unknown. So we will only include individuals who report being free of Covid symptoms in week preceding testing. Exclusion Criteria: * Past or present history of seizure, stroke, any brain or peripheral nerve disease, severe head trauma, or spinal cord surgery. * Learning or attention conditions such as ADHD. * Orthopedic or pain conditions, or a history of seriously injured bones, joints or muscles in either arm. * Lack of normal or corrected-to-normal vision.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana, 47403, United States
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