Friday, January 25, 2013

Welcome Back, Terps!

Hope you had a great winter break and that your first few days of the semester have gone well. Psi Chi events will begin soon, but in the meantime....


Paid research opportunity!!
If you have 1 Black parent and 1 White parent, we invite you to volunteer to be a part of our research at The University of Maryland College Park.
Earn $10 in exchange for an hour of your time.
Your personal experience can help increase research on an understudied population.
Blood pressure and heart rate will be taken as part of the study.
For more information or to sign up to volunteer, please contact the following e-mail address: MFresearchstudy@gmail.com
 
If you're looking for other paid research, or just want to help out some studies, check out...

http://www.umd.edu/fyi/calendar

 http://umpsychology-paid.sona-systems.com/

http://umlinguistics.sona-systems.com

  http://umsociology.sona-systems.com/

http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/elab/eLabPanel.htm

And make sure to keep an eye on flyers posted on the bulletin boards in the BioPsyc building!

Bonuses:

Looking for Real-Time Strategy Gamers for Paid Research
We are looking for Real-Time Strategy gamers to participate in a training study. Real-Time Strategy games include Starcraft, League of Legends, Age of Empires, Command & Conquer, etc. Gamers must play video games at least 5 hours per week. The study consists of one pre-training session lasting about an hour and a half, five training sessions lasting about an hour and then a post-training session also about an hour and half. You will be paid $8 an hour for the whole study. If you are interested in this study, please send an email to vgpstudy@gmail.com or call the Working Memory and Plasticity Lab at 301-405-8440.

Musicians and Non-Musicians Needed for Paid Research
Musicians and non-musicians are needed to participate in a study of the effect of musical training on cognitive functioning.  Musicians must have at least five years of formal musical training, non-musicians cannot have played any instrument during the past year, and cannot have played an instrument  in the past or have been in training for any period of time greater than 2 years.  All participants must be between the ages of 18-40, and be native speakers of English.  You will be compensated $10/hour for two 1.25 hour sessions. If you are interested in this study, please send an email to efmusicstudy@gmail.com or call the Working Memory and Plasticity Lab at 301-405-8440.

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