Protocol Number:
01-N-0181
- Title:
Language Stimuli Screening in Children
- Number:
01-N-0181
- Summary:
This study will determine baseline language skills in children 4 to 8 years old. The data will be used to design studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to identify what areas of the brain in children are involved in understanding language. This information is important for children who require brain surgery to control seizures.
Healthy normal volunteers between the ages of 4 and 8 years who have an IQ of 70 or more; who have no history of neurologic, psychiatric or language disorder; who are performing at or above grade level, and who are native English speakers may be eligible for this study.
Participants will be asked to do the following:
- name pictures or read words that appear on a computer screen
- listen to stories and answer questions about them
- match pictures to a spoken word
The children's responses will be recorded.
- Sponsoring Institute:
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Recruitment Detail
- Type:
Active Accrual Of New Subjects
- Gender:
Male & Female
- Referral Letter Required:
No
- Population Exclusion(s):
None
- Eligibility Criteria:
INCLUSION CRITERIA:
Children will be between the ages 4 and 8 are eligible.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
Children who meet one of the following criteria are not eligible:
IQ below 70;
History of neurologic or psychiatric disorders;
History of an language disorder;
Performing below grade-level;
Non-native English speaker.
- Special Instructions:
Currently Not Provided
- Keywords:
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Reading
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Naming
- Recruitment Keywords:
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None
- Conditions:
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Language Disorder
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Healthy
- Investigational Drug(s):
- None
- Investigational Device(s):
- None
- Contacts:
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Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office
Building 61 10 Cloister Court Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4754 Toll Free: 1-800-411-1222 TTY: 301-594-9774 (local),1-866-411-1010 (toll free) Fax: 301-480-9793 Electronic Mail:prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov
- Citations:
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Noninvasive assessment of language dominance in children and adolescents with functional MRI: a preliminary study
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Anterior temporal language areas in patients with early onset of temporal lobe epilepsy
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Picture naming by young children: norms for name agreement, familiarity, and visual complexity
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