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