Cognitive Neuroscience at Tech Research Laboratory

New Study Announcement!

How do attention and performance affect cognitive processes? Help us find out by participating in a research experiment investigating this question.

During this experiment, you will view images of faces and shapes on a computer, and you will respond to each of these images using different sets of instructions. You will also perform a memory test on the faces you view during the experiment. Your reaction times and accuracy for these tasks will be measured.

To be eligible for this study, you must be:
1) 18 years of age or older
2) right handed
3) have normal or corrected-to-normal vision

The total experiment will take no longer than 1.5 hours. Participants may receive $10 or 1 SONA credit per hour for their participation. Please contact [email protected] or see our website for more information.

Ever heard of a point-light display? Cognitive neuroscientists (among others!) use these displays to investigate motion perception. The BioMotion Lab under Dr. Niko Troje have developed an interactive system to show how just 15 dots moving in certain ways can indicate a number of characteristics about the walker. Try the demo at the link below; check out the "More" button to create your own walker dimension as well!

http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html

BioMotionLab

New Study Announcement!

How does your brain process images of faces and places?
Help us find out by participating in a research MRI experiment. You will view pictures of faces and outdoor places, and be asked to make judgments about how pleasant each image is.

To be eligible for this study, you must be:
1) 18 years of age or older
2) right handed
3) have normal or corrected-to-normal vision
4) have no neurological or psychiatric disorders

The total experiment session will take no longer than 2.5 hours. Participants will receive $10 per hour for their participation. Please contact [email protected] or go to our website for more information.