Can imagining movements make you learn faster? scientists investigate
NCT ID NCT04784832
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how imagining movements (mental training) helps healthy adults learn physical skills like finger sequences or arm movements. Researchers use brain stimulation and robotic tools to measure changes in brain activity and performance. The goal is to understand the brain mechanisms behind motor learning, which could one day improve rehabilitation therapies.
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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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About 556 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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 60 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: * Male or female between 18 and 60 years old * Having given written informed consent * Affiliated to a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * History of psychiatric illness (declarative) * Person under guardianship, curatorship, safeguard of justice * Neurological problem that could bias the results of the study (declarative) * Personal or family history of epilepsy * Person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision * Person hospitalized without consent and not subject to legal protection, and person admitted to a health or social institution for purposes other than that of the research * Person subject to an exclusion period for another research * Pregnant women or women of childbearing age not using known contraception * Breastfeeding women * Person on medication that could influence neurophysiological measures (neuroleptics, anxiolytics, antidepressants) * Person carrying : * pacemaker or other device that could interfere with the magnetic field * Implants (mechanical or electronic: cochlear implants, neural or cardiac pacemakers, infusion pumps, magnetic aneurysm clips, etc.) * Metallic foreign bodies in the eye or nervous system * Metallic objects (tattoos, piercings, etc.)
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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INSERM - U1093 Cognition, Action, and Sensorimotor Plasticity
RECRUITINGDijon, France
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