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Augmenting Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Sponsor: University of Nevada, Reno
Summary
This study will examine whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can be used to improve outcomes from exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder, and facilitate extinction of fear responding toward individuals outside one's own ethnic group (i.e., ethnic out-group members).
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
33
Start Date
2019-04-02
Completion Date
2020-03-05
Last Updated
2026-04-08
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
transcranial direct current stimulation
tDCS will be applied over EEG coordinate FpZ to target mPFC activation during exposure therapy
exposure therapy
participants will complete one session of exposure therapy for fear of public speaking, which will involve providing speeches to audiences in virtual reality
Locations (1)
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, Nevada, United States