BI-MODAL
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Measuring Bipolar Moods and Decision-Making Longitudinally Using Smartphone-Based Assessment and Functional MRI
IRAS ID
244887
Contact name
Liam Mason
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Z6364106/2019/12/29, UCL Data Protection Registration
Duration of Study in the UK
4 years, 9 months, 31 days
Research summary
This study aims to understand the mechanisms underlying unstable mood and decision-making in bipolar disorder and people with mood instability. These will primarily be quantified using smartphone-based mood tracking and cognitive tasks.
Participants will be asked to complete engaging, smartphone-based games based on existing experimental psychology tasks. These are accessed through a software application ('app') developed for scientific research of mood and happiness.Participants will also complete a series of questionnaires and scales designed to measure personality and mood and track their mood via the app.
We will also study how mood and the impact of mood on decisions, is represented in the brain. Participants will complete the mood and decision-making tasks whilst undergoing a neuroimaging scan. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) provides a non-invasive means of quantifying brain activity in real-time, i.e. as participants are making decisions during the tasks. At the end of study, participants are thanked for their involvement, given the opportunity to ask any questions and can give feedback about the research. If participants would like to be able to play the games on the app after this date, they are allowed to keep the app installed to do so.
REC name
London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/LO/0945
Date of REC Opinion
14 Dec 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion