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Cannabidiol Effects on Learning and Anxiety
Who can join
Ages 18 to 50 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * 18-50 years of age Exclusion Criteria: 1. Difficulties seeing a computer screen 2. Anyone currently taking CBD within the last 24 hours. 3. Anyone using any cannabis product within the last 24 hours. 4. Heart problems or heart disease 5. A neurological disorder such as epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, tumor, vascular malformations, aneurysm 6. Are currently pregnant or breast-feeding
About the study
To examine the extent to which Cannabidiol (CBD) enhances fear conditioning extinction in college undergraduates who show elevated social anxiety. Undergraduates who display elevated social anxiety on standard assessments will be recruited at the University of Connecticut. All participants will be put in a standard fear conditioning paradigm where they are conditioned to fear a face that occasionally is followed by a shock to their wrist. The other face never is paired with a shock. After everybody learns this, half of the participants will receive 600 mg CBD Isolate Gel Capsules one time, and the other half will receive a placebo dose. Participants will then be presented with the faces with no shocks, and the rate and duration of extinction as measured by electrodermal response as well as subjective fear ratings via a visual analogue scale will be examined. It is hypothesized that participants that receive CBD will display enhanced extinction compared to the placebo group, as evidenced by reduced electrodermal response and reduced visual analogue fear ratings.
What is being tested
- Cannabidiol Oral Product (drug)
- Placebo (other)
Sponsor: University of Connecticut · Participants: 160 · Started: Oct 30, 2024
Contact the study team
- Robert Astur, PhD · Phone: 2032369938
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05283382
Locations in the U.S.
| Connecticut | University of Connecticut, Storrs |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.