Wednesday, September 23, 2015

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.umd.edu

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