Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Want to make some extra money? Participate in a research study on campus

Paid study on cognition and meditation ($240)
 
We would like to invite you to participate in a paid research study for the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language. The study involves 12 sessions at the Patapsco building (Room 1110, a short walk from College Park Metro, accessible by Shuttle #104; parking available). Right now, we are currently interested in people willing to start in early January.
 
You will be asked to complete cognitive tasks and questionnaires, as well as receive training in meditation. You must be between 18 and 40 years of age to participate.
 
Receive $240 for completing the study ($5 each for sessions 1-11, and $185 at the final session).  After completing session 12, you will get a raffle entry to win a $200 gift card!
 
Complete the survey at the link below to determine your eligibility. We will contact eligible participants to schedule their sessions.
 

For further questions, please contact MTBehavioralStudy@casl.umd.edu

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Estudias el español? ¡Participa en un estudio en el próximo semestre!
 
The Language Learning and Cognition Study is recruiting for spring 2015!  Sessions will be available starting in January.
 
Participate in 14 sessions of 1-2 hours each.  All sessions are now being held at Taliaferro.  You will be asked to complete cognitive tasks and questionnaires, as well as training tasks on an iPad.
 
Receive $240 for completing the study ($5 each for sessions 1-13, and $175 at the final session).  After completing session 14, you will get a raffle entry to win one of 10 $200 gift cards!
 
Eligibility criteria include (see website for full list):
- 18-30 years of age
- monolingual native speaker of English
- currently enrolled in a 300-level Spanish course or completed a 300-level Spanish course within the past year
- not started studying Spanish before age 12
- no immersion experience of longer than 1 month in a Spanish-speaking country
 
To take the pre-screen and for more info, visit www.casl.umd.edu/langlcs
Contact us at LangLCS@casl.umd.edu