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Therapeutic Benefits of Pareidolia in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Time periods mentioned: 3 weeks

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Participants will be randomly assigned to either a pareidolia-based activity group or a control group and will complete therapy sessions and assessments over approximately three weeks."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether finding hidden shapes or images in nature pictures can help adults with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury take part in rehab therapy. Participants will be assigned by chance to the picture activity group or a comparison group. Therapy sessions and tests will last about three weeks.

This study will investigate whether viewing and identifying meaningful shapes or images hidden within nature pictures (pareidolia) can improve motivation and engagement in rehabilitation therapy for adults with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants will be randomly assigned to either a pareidolia-based activity group or a control group and will complete therapy sessions and assessments over approximately three weeks. The findings may help identify a simple, low-risk approach to enhancing rehabilitation participation after TBI

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Have a mild to moderate traumatic brain injury, confirmed in hospital records.
  • Be 18 to 80 years old.
  • Have been fluent in English before the injury.
  • Have completed more than an 8th-grade education.
  • Have vision of 20/40 or better with glasses or contacts if needed.

Who can't join

  • Have another brain or nerve disorder that affects thinking or language.
  • Have active substance use.
  • Have epilepsy, a condition that causes seizures.
  • Have a history of psychosis or schizophrenia, conditions that can affect what seems real.
  • Have hemianopia, meaning loss of half of your field of vision.
  • Have severe spatial neglect, meaning trouble noticing things on one side.
  • Need isolation steps to prevent the spread of infection.
  • Have severe vision loss.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Diagnosis of mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on hospital chart review. Age 18 to 80 years. Premorbidly fluent in English. Education level greater than 8th grade. Corrected visual acuity of at least 20/40. \- Exclusion Criteria: Other neurological disorders affecting cognition or language, active substance use, epilepsy, history of psychosis or schizophrenia, hemianopia, severe spatial neglect, isolation precautions, severe visual impairment.

Study sites (1)

IL