Center for Advanced Study of Language is Looking for Research Participants

The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) is looking for paid research participants for the following studies:


ANXIETY ATTENTION STUDY

We need participants to examine the effects of anxiety on attention. Earn $40 for completing two testing sessions in the SPH building. To participate, you must be 18 years or older, right handed, and not currently taking medication for symptoms of anxiety or depression. For more information, contact: bartwork@gmail.com.


CAN YOU HEAR or READ ME NOW? Participant call.

This study investigates a person’s ability to read or hear sentences with distortion while undergoing functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) brain scanning. Several cognitive and language tasks will be administered in addition to fMRI.

Research participants must be fluent speakers of American English, right-handed, between 18 and 22 years of age, have good reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in English, have normal or corrected-to-normal vision (contact lenses are fine, no eyeglasses), and normal hearing. Research participants should NOT have any of the following: history of neurological and psychological disorders, or learning disabilities.

Compensation: $20 per hour for up to 2 ½ hours.

Study will be held at the Maryland Neuroimaging Center on Greenmead Drive, near UMCP campus. Campus shuttles to Courtyards are available, which drop off next to the MNC.

For more information, please email: neuroimaging@casl.umd.edu