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Identifying the Neural Correlates of Mental Simulation in Multi-Step Planning

StatusRecruiting
PhaseNot applicable
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This record was last updated January 8, 2026 (before its estimated March 2026 completion). Its status may not reflect the trial's current state.

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Planning is the ability to think ahead by considering possible future actions and their consequences. This research study aims to understand how the brain supports multi-step planning by testing whether people simulate promising future move sequences while deciding what to do next. Healthy adult volunteers will learn and play a strategy game called "Four-in-a-Row" (similar to Connect Four). Participants will complete two sessions on successive days: an online behavioral training/playing session and an in-person brain-recording session at New York University. During the brain-recording session, participants will view mid-game board positions and choose the best move while the study team records brain activity (using magnetoencephalography \[MEG\] or functional MRI \[fMRI\]) and eye movements. Data from the game and eye tracking will also be used to fit computational models of planning that help interpret the neural measurements.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07293637
Lead Sponsor New York University
Collaborators: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Conditions
(from sponsor)		 Decision Making, Cognition, Mental Simulation, Problem Solving, Planning
Enrollment 50 participants
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Study Completion (estimated)
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