Recruiting

Observational StudyBrain-to-brain Synchrony in Ss With Different Levels of Social Interaction

Sponsor:

Maharishi International University

Code:

NCT06673589

Conditions

Social Dynamics

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Transcendental Meditation

Study Details

Brief summary:

Brain-to-brain synchrony will be measured between pairs of subjects with different levels of similarity of DNA and social interactions

Conditions

Social Dynamics

Study ID

NCT06673589

Start date

Nov 1, 2024

Status verified date

Nov, 2024

Completion date

Oct 10, 2025

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 1, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 50

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

healthy fit the cohort criteria practice TM

Exclusion Criteria:

mental or physical issue

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Social Entanglement: Couples, good friends and strangeers

good friends from the same region of the country

Plus, extensive social interaction--daily

strangers from different countries

Interact minimally--less than once/week

Interventions

Transcendental Meditation

meditation practice

Primary outcome measure

Brain-to-Brain Synchrony [ Time Frame: 20 minute TM ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Frederick Travis, PhD

6414721209 ftravis@miu.edu

Peter Hodak, PhD

6414721209 phodak@miu.edu

Locations

Maharishi International University

Recruiting

Fairfield, Iowa, United States, 52556-3917

Contacts

Frederick T Travis, PhD

641-472-1209 ftravis@miu.edu

Peter Hodak, MA

641 472 1209 phodak@miu.edu

Principal Investigator:

Frederick Travis, PhD

Maharishi International University

Recruiting

Fairfield, Iowa, United States, 52556-3917

Contacts

Frederick Travis, PhD

319-614-0357 ftravis@miu.edu

Peter Hodak, MA

6414721209 phodak@miu.edu

Principal Investigator:

Frederick Travis, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Maharishi International University

Last update posted

Nov 15, 2024

Last verified

Nov, 2024

Keywords

Consciousness
Hyper-scanning
Social Neuroscience

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Maharishi International University on 2024-11-15.