Brain scans reveal how aging changes emotional reactions
NCT ID NCT03969043
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how the brain processes emotional images in healthy aging. Researchers used MRI scans to compare brain activity in younger adults (18-45) and older adults (60-85) while they judged emotions or imagined actions. The goal was to understand why older adults may focus more on positive than negative emotions.
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Study facts
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- 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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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2019
- Finished
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Dec 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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 85 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: * Participant aged between 18 and 45 and between 60 and 85 years old * Visual acuity normal or corrected to normal * Affiliation to a social security scheme (copy of the vital card in support) * Signed informed consent * Medical examination before taking part in the MRI examination * Mini-Mental-State Examination Score (MMSE)\> 23/30 * Scale score of Beck depression ≤ 4 Exclusion Criteria: * Participant in other research protocols in progress with exclusion period * Unprotected Majors unable to express their consent * Protected Major (Persons mentioned in Articles L1121-5,6 and 8 of the Public Health Code) * Significant hearing or motor impairment * Neuropsychiatric or neurological pathology past or present (except benign epilepsy) * Taking narcotics and / or drugs for neurocognitive purposes * Existence of a severe condition in general (cardiac, respiratory, hematological, renal, hepatic, cancerous)
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Grenoble-Alpes
Grenoble, France
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