Join the LUCID Study at Imperial College London

to understand how your lifestyle impacts brain performance and ageing.

What's this study about?

The LUCID study is exploring how everyday lifestyle habits—from how you sleep and move to your stress levels—impact your brain's performance over time.

Using next-generation brain scanning technology and your wearable data (like Oura, Whoop, Apple Watch), we're aiming to build a clearer picture of how lifestyle affects cognitive health over time.

This is about going beyond "one size fits all" advice. With your help, we're working toward a more personalised, preventative approach to brain health.

Principal Investigator

Professor Simon Schultz

Professor of Neurotechnology, and Director of the Centre for Neurotechnology, at Imperial College London and Connectome Scientific Advisor

Research Team

Rufus Mitchell-Heggs, PhD

Co-investigator, Chief Scientific Officer and Cofounder at Connectome, Visiting researcher at Imperial College London

Matteo Vinao-Carl, PhD

Co-investigator, Lead data scientist at Connectome, Post-doc Imperial College London and UK Dementia Research Institute (UKDRI)

Onayomi Rosenior-Patten, MD

Clinical researcher at Connectome, Medical Doctor, MSc Health Data Science at LSHTM

Daniel Tampkin, MSc

Data scientist and MSc Imperial College London

What you'll get:

• A unique view of your brain in action, measured across four visits to Imperial College London.
• Insights into your focus, stress, and recovery through a combination of brain imaging and cognitive testing.
• Access to your own brain data through the Connectome webapp dashboard.
• Compensation for your time, travel, and participation.

Who can take part?

You can check your eligibility using our screening questionnaire.

You're eligible for study if you meet the following conditions:

• ✓Are aged between 18-55.
• ✓Have used a wearable (like Oura, Whoop, Apple Watch, Garmin, or Fitbit) consistently for three months or more.
• ✓Are fluent in English.
• ✓Have normal (or corrected-to-normal) vision and hearing.
• ✓Can attend four in-person sessions at Imperial College London.
• ✓Are happy to wear a light, non-invasive brain imaging headset (Kernel Flow 2) and complete cognitive tasks.

Unfortunately, you will not be able to participate if you meet any of the following conditions:

• ✗Have a history of major neurological conditions (like epilepsy, stroke, or brain surgery).
• ✗Are currently pregnant.
• ✗Have a condition that makes it difficult to complete the study tasks.

Why take part?

There's never been a more important time to take a proactive approach to brain health. By joining this study, you're contributing to vital research that could change how we understand and protect cognitive function across a lifetime.

Whether you're curious about your own brain performance or passionate about preventative health, this is your chance to help shape the future of neuroscience.