CASL is currently looking for paid research participants for the following studies:
Participate in the Meditation & Cognition EEG Study!
Earn $20/hr (1 session, up to 3 hrs) by completing questionnaires, language tasks, and meditation while undergoing EEG (electroencephalography) at CASL (accessible by Shuttle #104, free parking).
To participate, you must meet all criteria listed on SONA, including: 18-40 years of age, U.S. citizen, normal vision and hearing, right-handed, monolingual native speaker of American English, no known neurological/psychiatric conditions or learning disabilities, not be taking psychoactive drugs, no practice of techniques designed to improve cognition, no hairstyle preventing EEG data collection, no participation in meditation studies.
To indicate interest, please take the pre-screen at: http://ter.ps/MedCogEEG. If eligible, you will be contacted via phone. For more info, visit Meditation and Cognition EEG Study on the SONA (http://umpsychology-paid.sona-systems.com).
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Paid Meditation Training Study
This study investigates the effects of meditation on reading comprehension and cognitive skills.
The study involves 4 sessions in the Patapsco Building (Room 1110). Total payment is $90 ($15/hour). You receive $5 each at the completion of Sessions 1-3 and $75 at the completion of Session 4. The 4 sessions are spread across 2 consecutive weeks.
You cannot participate if you participated in the Reading and Attention study, the fMRI Study: Meditation and Cognition, Meditation and Cognition EEG study, or last year’s Meditation Training study.
Prescreen link: ter.ps/9m9
Researchers will determine your eligibility according to these and other criteria to ensure it is safe and appropriate for you to participate in this study. You must:
be 18-40 years of age;
be a native English speaker;
have normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing;
not have extensive prior meditation experience;
not have any known psychiatric or neurological disorder.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Alexa Romberg at MTBehavioralStudy@casl.umdedu
