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Exclusion Criteria for healthy control subjects at Recruitment

  • Not having English as primary language.
  • A personal history of mental illness not related to physical brain injury
  • A personal history of physical brain injury
  • A personal history of having received a blow to the head that resulted in unconsciousness (within the last 5 years only)
  • A personal or family history (mother, father, brother, sister, child) of Axis-I disorders (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder or other psychological and/or psychiatric disorder)
  • A personal history of stroke or neurological disorder such as Parkinson’s Disease, Epilepsy, Alzheimer’s or Multiple Sclerosis
  • A personal history of serious medical conditions related to your Thyroid or Heart, or a history of cancer
  • A blood borne illness (HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C).
  • A severe impediment to vision, hearing, or hand movement.
  • A personal history of addiction to drugs such as Heroin, Cocaine or Amphetamines
  • A personal history of heavy consumption of Marijuana or alcohol
  • A personal or family history of genetic disorders

 

Post-recruitment

Meeting any of above exclusion criteria

(unconsciousness for > 10 minutes)

Score of above normal threshold on SPHERES

Clinically significant abnormality on MRI

 

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