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| Participants sought for study investigating whether virtual reality training combined with non-invasive brain stimulation can improve people's ability to understand social situations. |
The Epworth Centre for Innovation in Mental Health is seeking volunteers between the ages of 18 and 55 with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder OR no history of mental health conditions to help us investigate whether combining virtual reality training with a gentle form of non-invasive brain stimulation can improve the ability for people to understand social situations.
Participation will involve visiting our research centre in Camberwell for three research sessions, each one taking between 2 and 3 hours. You will receive compensation towards your time and travel costs.
You will complete an interview; some computer tasks; have a recording taken of your brain waves; and receive a short session of gentle, non-invasive brain stimulation while completing a virtual reality task. Stimulation is safe and not painful. It is given while awake and alert and activates only a small area of cells on the surface of the brain. It will not have lasting impact on brain activity.
Find out more from Kirsten Gainsford:
- Email: kirsten.gainsford@monash.edu
- Phone: (03) 9805 4163
- Ethics Committee Project Number: RES-19-00000892E
- Web: www.epworth.org.au/working-with-us/research/research-centres/epworth-centre-for-innovation-in-mental-health
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