Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Participants Needed for fMRI Study

The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL)

invites students at the University of Maryland, College Park to participate in a 2011-2012 study examining people’s descriptions of how they behave with different types of people. Participants will be asked a series of questions while researchers record their brain activity using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).


Research participants must be 18 to 35 years of age, be native speakers of English, have normal or corrected-to-normal vision, be right-handed, and been born and raised in the United States. Research participants should NOT have any: metal implants or other metal that cannot be removed (including permanent retainers), personal history of neurological and psychological disorders, learning disabilities, or possibility of pregnancy.


Compensation: $20 per hour for up to approximately 2.5 hours.

Location: Maryland Neuroimaging Center.

For more information and to register, please email CPneuro@casl.umd.edu with “CP” in the subject line.