NeuroCognitive Bases of Tool Use
Tool use is considered to be the hallmark of complex cognitive adaptations that humans have achieved trough evolution, that provides an adaptive advantage to the human species. Even if nonhuman species do use tools too, human tool use is much more complex and sophisticated. If humans have special abilities for tool use
| Condition(s) | Healthy |
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| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | Tool use is considered to be the hallmark of complex cognitive adaptations that humans have achieved trough evolution, that provides an adaptive advantage to the human species. Even if nonhuman species do use tools too, human tool use is much more complex and sophisticated. If humans have special abilities for tool use, it has to be grounded in a specific neuroanatomical substrate. Humans and nonhumans share a similar prehension system located within the superior parietal lobe and the intraparietal sulcus. However, there is a human specificity: the supramarginal gyrus within the left inferior parietal lobe is unique to humans, and could play a central role in tool use. This project aims to study the neurocognitive bases of human tool use with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), t |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * To be between the ages of 18 and 65 years old * Having given an informed consent for the study Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman * Persons under curators or deprived of civil rights or deprived of their freedom * Not being registered with the French Social Security System * Not able to read/write the French * Neurologic or psychiatric illness, known or revealed during the inclusion visit * Substance intake ( taking psychoactive medications or recreational drugs) on the day of the experiment * Noise intolerance * Unable to fill a questionnaire (severe cognitive troubles) * Not willing that their personal doctor to be informed in case of a MRI anomaly. * Not willing to be informed in case of MRI anomaly * Subjects must not have metallic or electronic |
| Ages | 18 Years to 65 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | Hospices Civils de Lyon |
| Locations | Bron, France |
| Start date | 2021-11-08 |
| NCT ID | NCT04566744 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04566744 |