--- title: Neural Underpinnings of Sequence Processing in OCD (Control Population) description: Researchers are conducting a study examining a women's decision to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot while pregnant. image: https://www.butler.org/hubfs/-%20BUTLER/ButlerHospitalResearchStudy.jpg --- - [**Pay My Bill](https://www.carenewengland.org/pay/butler-hospital/) - [**Careers](https://www.butler.org/careers) - [**Donate](https://www.butler.org/ways-to-give) - [**My Chart](https://www.carenewengland.org/mychart) - [**+1 (844) 401-0111](tel:+1%20(844)%20401-0111) [![CNE Butler Behavioral Health](https://www.butler.org/hs-fs/hubfs/-%20CNE/CNE%20-%202026%20Branding/CNE%20Butler%20Behavioral%20Health.png?width=1200&height=475&name=CNE%20Butler%20Behavioral%20Health.png)](https://www.butler.org/) ** #### Site Search ** ** ![ # Neural Underpinnings of Sequence Processing in OCD (Control Population) ### Study Information We are looking for healthy individuals with no psychiatric diagnoses to help us study how the brain works as it makes decisions to accomplish a goal. We hope that this knowledge will help researchers to better understand the brain networks involved in decision-making and help them in the future to develop new treatments for psychiatric disorders, like obsessive-compulsive disorder. ##### You may be eligible if: - You are between the ages of 18 and 55 - You do not have a current psychiatric diagnosis - You are right-handed - You are fluent in English If you are interested, contact us to verify your eligibility. A staff member will tell you about the study and ask you some questions. Based on the conversation, you may be invited to a virtual interview. ##### **Will I be compensated for participating?** Eligible participants will be compensated up to $100 for completing the study. ##### **How do I sign up?** For more information or to discuss your eligibility, please fill out the contact form and a study team member will contact you soon. Please note that we are unable to contact interested parties by text message at this time. ### Meet the Team [Sarah Garnaat, PhD](https://vivo.brown.edu/display/sgarnaat) [![TDesrochers](https://www.butler.org/hs-fs/hubfs/TDesrochers.jpg?width=84&name=TDesrochers.jpg) Theresa Desrochers, PhD](https://sites.brown.edu/desrocherslab/people/) ### FAQ's What will happen during this study? Eligible participants will complete 2 visits in total: - During the first visit, which will be conducted via phone and video conferencing, participants will complete an interview with a member of our study staff, which will include questions about their physical and mental health. Additionally, they will be asked to fill out some additional forms and questionnaires. - During the second visit, which will take place at the Brown MRI Research Facility, participants will complete one fMRI scan. During the scan, they will be asked to complete a computer task. Why is this being done? We are recruiting individuals with no psychiatric disorders to help us better understand how the brain functions when a person is making many decisions in a short time. This group will serve as a “control” group: data collected from people with no psychiatric diagnoses will be compared to data collected from a group of individuals with OCD, in order to help researchers learn about how the brain may function in those with and without OCD. A great deal of work has been done over the past several decades to better understand how the brain functions in OCD. While scientists have learned a lot in this time, there is still more to learn. 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