Culture and decision-making study for Afghan-Americans and Americans of European Heritage!
Where: Stamp Student Union
Researchers
at the University of Maryland in College Park are running a study to
better understand the role that cultural background plays in the way
people make decisions. Currently, our team is recruiting
English-speaking participants who are immigrants from Afghanistan, the children of Afghan immigrants, or Americans of European heritage.
This
study involves the completion of an on-line questionnaire lasting no
longer than 1.5 hours in total. As compensation, each participant will
be entered into a drawing to win one of several $300 gift certificates
to Target. Chance of winning is 1 in 20.
If you think you fit the criteria above and are interested in participating, please email Ivica at cpsurvey@umd.edu, or call (301) 226-9075.
For more information, contact:
Ivica
(301) 226-9075cpsurvey@umd.edu
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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 23 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
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Brain Training to Improve Language Learning
Train
your working memory and help scientists at the University of Maryland
Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) learn how to help you learn
and use foreign languages! You can receive $10 per hour of
participation in this study, with participation time varying between 10
and 20 hours.
Working
memory is what you use to store and process information in real time.
You use working memory whenever you have to: focus, filter out
distraction, switch between tasks, understand text or speech, or learn a
new language. CASL scientists have developed a training regime to
train working memory.
What will you be asked to do?
The
length of participation ranges from 9 hours to 19 hours, spaced over
several weeks and multiple 1 and 2-hour sessions. During these sessions
you will be asked to complete tasks of memory, reading, thinking, and
problem solving.
To be eligible to participate:
• You must be a Native English speaker between the ages of 18-40.
• You must have normal, or corrected to normal, hearing and vision.
• You must have unimpaired use of your dominant writing hand.
•
You do not have a personal history of neurological, neuropsychiatric,
psychiatric disorders, or learning disabilities.
• You do not have a recent history of excessive alcohol consumption, drug use, or substance abuse.
For more info, please contact: braintraining@umd.edu
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Mandarin Chinese Study
Researchers
from the University of Maryland are looking for native speakers of
Mandarin Chinese for a paid language study. The study involves making
judgments about the pronunciation of a set of Mandarin words produced by
English speakers. Participants may also be asked to provide background
information about themselves.
Payment is $10/hour for a 45-60 minute session. The experiment will take place at the Maryland Neuroimaging Center (MNC)<
http://www.mnc.umd.edu/aboutus/directions>
right next to campus. All interested individuals will be asked about
their language background before participation. Not all native Mandarin
speakers may be eligible.
If you are interested in participating, please email Ryan Corbett at
rcorbett@umd.edu<mailto:rcorbett@umd.edu>.
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CASL Listening Research Study
The
University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) is
seeking participants who speak English as a native language for a
language research study that will take place over several months.
Participants
would be asked to participate in a research session (2 hours) where you
will complete a listening comprehension test and
a memory test.
Participants will receive $95 for their time.
Suitable
participants must be highly proficient in American English and must
have learned it as their first language and must be 18 to 19 years old.
For more information, please contact: The CASL Listening Research Team at
listeningstudy@casl.umd.edu, 301-226-8999.
