This study looks at adults with restrictive eating disorders who are currently receiving outpatient treatment for their eating disorder to examine whether a new brain stimulation technique called non-invasive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can enhance brain training. Participation involves interviews, assessments, 10 sessions of brain stimulation (active or sham), and computerized brain training over a 3-4 week period, with one post-intervention visit, and one 1-month follow-up visit.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
20
10 active sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation paired with cognitive training tasks. Device used is StarStim.
10 fake sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation paired with cognitive training tasks. The device will be on the participants head, but the current will not be active.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
RECRUITINGthe rate of dropout.
Feasibility and tolerability measure 1. Evaluating for less than 20% dropout over the course of the tDCS for R-EDs study.
Time frame: 14 days average
Number of participants retained in the tDCS
Feasibility and tolerability measure 2 . # of participants retained in the tDCS and cognitive training space of the study (80% or more retention will be used as the assessment threshold).
Time frame: 14 days average
probabilistic reversal learning task
Change from pre intervention to post intervention scores in probabilistic reversal learning task performance
Time frame: 14 days average
Dimensional set shifting task
change from pre to post intervention scores in dimensional set shifting task.
Time frame: 14 days average
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