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Title Format Open seats Maximum time commitment (minutes)* Maximum REP Points Cash Award Contact Requirements Description
* Some studies may involve participation over multiple sessions, including screening etc. Not all participants will qualify for all sessions.
Letter Recognition Task - IN PERSON ONLY Live (in-person or remote) 1 120 5 $40 "Arda Fidanci" <fidan005@umn.edu> 1, 3, 9 In this study, participants will view letters on a computer screen. The letters may be presented in different locations of the visual field depending on where the participant is looking. We ask that participants have normal or corrected-to-normal vision, be native English speakers, and not wear any eye makeup. The experiment is a single session lasting up to an hour and participants will be compensated with either a prepaid debit card with $40.00 or PsyRep credit. There are not any direct benefits or costs to participants. The experiment is in-person only and is located in Engel Vision & Imaging Laboratory (https://engellab.psych.umn.edu/). The location is in secured areas of the basement of Elliott Hall, and cell phone reception may be limited.
Personal Reflections on COVID-19 and Politics Live (in-person or remote) 16 30 2 $0 "Emily Saks" <saks0011@umn.edu> 11, 1 We are interested in studying how people form political opinions. We want to hear from you! This survey should only take around 10-15 minutes, and no longer than 30 minutes to complete and you will be required to provide a brief written narrative of reflection about your views on COVID-19. You will be asked to come to campus and take the online survey on your laptop (IN PERSON). This study is being conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota and is open to English-speaking U.S. citizens aged 18 and older. We hope to hear from people of all different backgrounds. You will be able to receive 2 REP points for participating. You may withdraw your participation at any time. Please contact us before signing if you do not have a laptop, so we can make sure to have one available for you. (Note: new seats will be released each week until we've collected data from our target number of participants)
Psychometric Assessment of Culture-Related Scales Among Chinese in the United States Self-guided (online) 486 60 2 $5 "Chenhao Zhao" <zhao1744@umn.edu> 11, 1 This study aims to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of culture-related scales among Chinese in the United States. Only Chinese international students are eligible for this study. After filling out a consent form and a demographic questionnaire (e.g., family social class, province/state of origin, year of college), eligible participants will be required to complete a 1-hour Qualtrics survey that includes all items of selected culture-related scales. At the end of the survey, participants will be rewarded with either 2 REP credits or $5 Amazon.com eGift Card through instant email delivery. The current study has no known risks. Participants might receive indirect benefits of understanding their psychological wellbeing as Chinese international students.
The Role of Attention in Parsing Information Flow Live (in-person or remote) 0 60 3 $0 "Emily Willoughby" <willo074@umn.edu> 1, 3, 9 The purpose of this study is to better understand the relationship of simple decision-making, sensory perception, and reaction time, and the roles of these basic components in more complex cognitive processes. You will be asked to perform a series of simple cognitive tasks on the computer in front of you using the keyboard. Cognitive tasks may involve attention, working memory, decision-making, and reaction time. Your participation should take no more than 45 minutes to complete (including some short breaks). The study consists of three separate tasks, each of which will be fully explained at the beginning of each section.
Evaluating Messages for Volunteer Recruitment Self-guided (online) 640 30 1 $0 volunteer.message.study@gmail.com 1 We are conducting an online survey to evaluate messages about volunteering experiences for use in volunteer recruitment. This survey will take no more than 30 minutes of your time and can be completed at your convenience. To participate in this study, you must be 18 years of age or older and located in the United States. Note: If you have already taken this survey, you are not eligible to participate.
Decision-making under uncertainty Self-guided (online) 0 120 4 $0 "Nathan Torunsky" <torun005@umn.edu> 1, 9 In this study, you will complete a series of brief questionnaires alongside a collection of six behavioral tasks and games. This study is fully remote – you can complete it online from your home or another quiet space with few distractions. We expect the study to take about two hours to complete, but the exact amount of time will vary across individuals. While we do not anticipate the study taking more than two hours to complete, please complete the study if you can and reach out to us to let us know if it takes longer than two hours. We ask that you complete the study in one sitting – please plan accordingly when you choose your location. Additionally, we request that you use a laptop or desktop computer (i.e., not a phone or tablet device) as some of the tasks will require you to make decisions about visual images that may be hard to see on a small screen. Thanks again, and please feel free to reach out to Nathan Torunsky (torun005@umn.edu) if you have any questions before, during, or after your study participation!
ERP Face Recognition of Primates Live (in-person or remote) and self-guided (online) 0 90 5 $0 "Maryam Mohamed" <moha1130@umn.edu> 1, 9, 11 Are you an individual with normal or corrected to normal vision between the ages of 18-50? We are conducting an EEG-based study on how humans perceive primate faces! If you are not familiar with EEG, essentially we put a sensor cap on your head and record brain activity while you look at different kinds of pictures. Recording brain activity is analogous to recording a voice into a recorder. The EEG sensor hat is made up of small sensors that just sit on your head. Nothing goes into your brain during the recording, it is just recording any electrical activity that is from your brain. The sensor hat is first soaked in some warm water, so this means your head & hair will get a little bit wet, but not completely soaked. We will provide a towel if you want to wipe your face or hair! Here are some examples of an EEG cap: https://www.antneuro.com/products/waveguard_caps Individuals must first complete a demographics questionnaire (link here: https://umn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_exHV4FNawT7xWZM), and then schedule an in-person visit to our lab. The lab is located on the second floor of Campbell Hall. This primarily in-person study is worth 1 REP point for every 30 minutes of your time, plus 1 for travel and 1 for making it to the appointment. This study will take up to 90 minutes to complete (although generally less than 1 hour), and each person will receive 5 REP points for their participation. A majority of the sessions are scheduled sometime between Monday-Friday. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to cbplab@umn.edu. Thank you!
Prediction effects in early visual perception Live (in-person or remote) Log in to contact study team 60 4 $0 oliv@umn.edu 1, 9 This study is part of a research program that seeks to understand creative visual processes in the brain. Visual perception is only 10% feedforward (driven by input from the eyes); the rest of our perception is created by neural networks in the brain that have learned from past experiences and use these past experiences to generate predictions about the external world. This creative process in visual neural networks simplifies the process of perceiving the world, but we do not yet know how it works. The experiments in this study attempt to quantify visual experiences that are created by the brain.
How well can you hear out the target?: Audiovisual speech perception study Live (in-person or remote) Log in to contact study team 60 3 $15 "Jaeeun Lee" <lee03881@umn.edu> 1, 3, 9, 10 If you are an adult with normal hearing and ENGLISH IS YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE, you are eligible to participate. This study involves listening to speech and typing the correct sentence with the keyboard. This study cannot be done online, so you NEED TO COME IN THE LAB (located in Elliott Hall). It takes around less than an hour and if you have not had an audiogram (hearing test) in our lab within the past year, it will take extra 5-10 minutes. You can be compensated either by REP points OR CASH $15/hour. Please contact Jaeeun Lee: lee03881@umn.edu if you wish to participate.
Auditory Temporal Envelope Processing Live (in-person or remote) Log in to contact study team 600 25 $0 "Neha Rajappa" <rajap013@umn.edu> 1, 2, 10, 11 Participant will listen to sound intervals, and identify the odd-one-out. Sounds will be presented at a comfortable level through headphones in a sound-attenuating booth. This experiment requires active listening and attention. There will be 4-5 sessions in total.
College Student Social Connectedness Self-guided (online) 659 40 2 $0 "Ariana Dejesus-Rodriguez" <dejes049@umn.edu> 11 We are interested in understanding the impact of the current events (e.g., COVID-19 Pandemic and Aftermath of the civil unrest events) on college students' perceived levels of social connectedness. Interested students will be asked to complete a survey that should take approximately 30-40 minutes. To be eligible, students must be a current college student enrolled in a course that accepts REP points. The survey can only be completed once for 2 REP points. There are no direct risks or benefits to participation. However, students may experience some discomfort when reflecting on current events. Students who have completed this study in a previous semester can complete it again. Upon signing up for the study, students will receive an email with the survey link.
Studying Sexual Identity Information Search Behaviors Live (in-person or remote) Log in to contact study team 45 2 $15 "Ash Milton" <milto064@umn.edu> 11, 1 In this study, we are conducting research to investigate how people search for sexual identity information on search engines. We are specifically interested in how people in the LGBTQIA+ community look for such resources, but all are welcome to participate! We are particularly looking for participants who identify as men or racially/ethnically diverse. The following is a summary to help you decide whether or not to be a part of this research study. Online sources of information are crucial to the ways that people come to understand their own identities. This is particularly important for LGBTQIA+ people who face stigma and barriers to accessing information offline, so they often turn to online information. We are doing research on how people search for information about their sexual identities on search engines. It is important to investigate this to understand how people use search engines like Google Search and make suggestions on how to improve them to make finding information easier. You will be asked to fill out a survey to collect consent and demographic information. If you agree to participate, we will arrange a time for us to have you complete an online lab study. We will ask you to complete 2 search tasks using our provided interface and to talk through your thought process while doing so. The screen and audio will be recorded. You will need a laptop/computer to complete this study. The study should take 30~45 minutes. You can choose either 2 points or a $15 eGift card.
College Well-Being & Thinking Study - students aged 18 years and older Live (in-person or remote) and self-guided (online) 0 255 12 $0 "Wilma Koutstaal" <kouts003@umn.edu> 11, 1, 9 College can be both a stressful and exciting time and we are interested in better understanding how students think, feel, and act during this unique period of life. This research study aims to better understand how students change during the college years, and how students concurrently enrolled in high school or early college students may be different from full time college students. Participating in the study would involve 3 sessions, scheduled during this academic term, as follows: Session 1: a 90-minute questionnaire that you can complete online on your own, with questions about your classes, your social and emotional well-being, and your ways of coping with stress or anxiety; if you complete Session 1 you will earn 3 REP points. Session 2: a 90-minute Zoom-based session that you will complete with a researcher at an agreed-upon time; this Zoom-based session should occur within one week of Session 1. In this session, you will engage in a variety of cognitive tasks, such as generating words that begin or end with specific letters, or deciding what "comes next" in a series. If you complete Session 2 you will earn 6 REP points (3 points for your time plus 3 meeting points). Session 3: a 75-minute questionnaire that you can complete online on your own, with questions like those in Session 1. You will be emailed an invitation to complete Session 3 during the last week of classes; if you complete Session 3 you will earn 3 REP points. If you are interested in taking part in this study, please set aside 90 minutes, in a quiet place, to complete the Session 1 questionnaire. Once we receive the completed Consent Form and completed questionnaire from Session 1, we will email you with instructions on how to schedule the Session 2 researcher-led Zoom-based meeting.
College Well-Being & Thinking Study - *students under 18 years of age* Live (in-person or remote) and self-guided (online) 0 255 12 $0 "Wilma Koutstaal" <kouts003@umn.edu> 11, 2, 9 College can be both a stressful and exciting time and we are interested in better understanding how students think, feel, and act during this unique period of life. This research study aims to better understand how students change during the college years, and how students concurrently enrolled in high school or early college students may be different from full time college students. Participating in the study would involve 3 sessions, scheduled during this academic term, as follows: Session 1: a 90-minute questionnaire that you can complete online on your own, with questions about your classes, your social and emotional well-being, and your ways of coping with stress or anxiety; if you complete Session 1 you will earn 3 REP points. Session 2: a 90-minute Zoom-based session that you will complete with a researcher at an agreed-upon time; this Zoom-based session should occur within one week of Session 1. In this session, you will engage in a variety of cognitive tasks, such as generating words that begin or end with specific letters, or deciding what "comes next" in a series. If you complete Session 2 you will earn 6 REP points (3 points for your time plus 3 meeting points). Session 3: a 75-minute questionnaire that you can complete online on your own, with questions like those in Session 1. You will be emailed an invitation to complete Session 3 during the last week of classes; if you complete Session 3 you will earn 3 REP points. Because you are under 18 years of age, you will first need to obtain Consent to take part in this research study from one of your parents or a guardian. You can choose which parent or guardian you ask to give their consent. If they agree, we will also ask your parent or guardian to answer some questions about you, such as how you learned about early college opportunities and how they advise or support you in your choices. When you sign up for a seat we will provide a link for the Parental Consent Form and Survey. Once we receive the completed Consent Form, we will email you the Assent Form, the Session 1 questionnaire, and instructions on how to schedule the Session 2 researcher-led Zoom-based meeting.
Socializing with Close Others Study! Live (in-person or remote) Log in to contact study team 60 6 $30 "Grace Vieth" <vieth017@umn.edu> 1, 11 Participants will come to the lab for two, short, and lighthearted interactions with their friend and romantic partner. Lab visits only take 15 minutes! Participants must be willing to come to 2 separate lab events (1-3 weeks apart), once with a romantic partner and once with a close friend. Both lab visit takes place on the Twin Cities campus and will take no more than 30 minutes to complete. You, your romantic partner, & one of your close friends are eligible to participate if: You are all 18 or older, speak fluent English, you and your romantic partner have been dating for over 6 months and you and your friend have been friends for over 6 months. Payment: $15 (or 3 REP points) per lab visit for each person participating. Interested in participating? For more information, contact: vieth017@umn.edu
Hearing Vowel Sounds Live (in-person or remote) Log in to contact study team 150 7 $0 "Brita O'Brien" <obri0789@umn.edu> 11, 1, 3, 10 During the experiment, you will listen to sounds over headphones and identify which vowel you hear. Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 39, and must have normal hearing. The experiment will begin with an audiogram test to verify normal hearing. Participants must also speak American English as their first language. For some participants, the experiment will take place over two sessions, one two-hour session and one half-hour session, for a total of 7 rep points. Most participants will likely finish the experiment in one two-hour session, for a total of 5 rep points. The only potential risk (other than boredom) is exposure to loud sounds. We minimize that risk by ensuring that the equipment cannot deliver (even inadvertently) sounds that are outside the bounds considered safe by experts on noise exposure. There are no anticipated direct benefits to participation.
Social decision-making under uncertainty 3 Self-guided (online) 0 90 3 $0 "Tao Jin" <jin00059@umn.edu> 1 Are you an individual with normal or corrected to normal vision between the ages of 18-80? We are conducting a computer-based research study to investigate how people make decisions under uncertainty. This fully online study is worth one REP point for every 30 minutes of your time. This study will take up to 90 minutes to complete (although generally less than 1 hour), thus each person will receive 3 REP points for their participation.
Cognition and Empathy Self-guided (online) 0 60 2 $0 "Amanda Woodward" <woodw284@umn.edu> 1 We are working on a research study exploring factors related to cognition and feelings about others. We are interested in understanding how undergraduate students think about people. This research opportunity consists of a survey that can be completed online, at a time and in a location convenient to you. The whole study should take approximately 45 minutes. This study is 100% voluntary. If you'd like to participate, please click the button below
Playful Puzzle Mechanics Game Modifications (Cash-Only Study) Live (in-person or remote) Log in to contact study team 225 0 $56 "Craig Anderson" <cganders@umn.edu> 1, 11 This research study aims to better understand how people learn the basic mechanics of a puzzle-based video game. Ultimately, we hope that we can use the knowledge we gain to develop and provide practical resources for game developers, teachers, and players to support productive problem solving and more engaging puzzle video games. In this study, we will ask you to schedule three 1.25 hour game play sessions with yourself and a researcher from our team over the course of 2 weeks. Zoom sessions will be video recorded to make possible detailed analyses of players’ problem-solving process. As you play the game, each action you take in the game, such as clicking left or right to move the game character, will be saved in a “log file” and shared with our research team. We will be using these log files to understand how people solve problems in video games. You will also be asked to fill out a short survey after the first and last sessions. Eligibility Criteria: ● Aged 18+ years old ● You are fluent or could respond thoughtfully to open-ended questions in English Participants will be given a $56.25 Tango debit card and get to keep the game!
Visual Long Term Memory for Common Objects Live (in-person or remote) 0 60 3 $0 "William Gronewald" <grone072@umn.edu> 1, 9, 11 In this study, you will look at images of common objects to encode them into your memory. Then, your memory for the objects will be tested in a recognition task. This study will take an hour to complete, and you will come to Elliot Hall room S107 where you will contact me you are here, then I will then take you to the testing room. Please sign up only when you are confident you can make it.
Understanding Jewish Experiences of Health and Well-being on College Campuses Live (in-person or remote) and self-guided (online) 19 90 4 $15 "Jacob Schachter" <schac210@umn.edu> 1 The purpose of the present study is to understand the experiences of Jewish students on college campuses in the United States as it pertains to discrimination and well-being. The first study is a pilot study at the University of Minnesota. Participants will fill out a 25-minute online survey to describe their experiences and participate in an optional hour long interview. Participants can choose to earn 1 REP point or $5 for the survey and 2 REP points or $10 for the interview (3 REP points if completed in-person). All participants will be entered into a random drawing with the chance to win $50. Audio recordings, transcriptions, and survey data will not be linked to any personally identifiable information. Participants can opt out of the study at any time and are not required to answer every question. Students are only eligible to participate if they identify as Jewish and are at least 18 years of age.
Taste Test of Different Food Products Live (in-person or remote) and self-guided (online) 0 120 4 $0 mohr0143@umn.edu 1, 11 In this research study, we are interested in consumer attitudes towards different food products. You will be asked to complete several surveys at home, and then to come to the lab to taste various foods and answer questions related to your perceptions and opinions about those foods. The study has two sessions and you will earn 4 REP points for completing the entire study. Session 1 is entirely online and should take approximately 30 minutes to complete (1 REP Point). Session 2 is in person in our lab in Elliott Hall (East Bank) and is expected to take approximately 45 minutes to complete (2 REP points, plus 1 REP point for coming to an in person study). This is an important aspect of the in-person session: We will ask you to come to the taste test at least 6-8 hours after eating your last meal. So you could come before eating your first meal of the day (having fasted overnight for at least 6-8 hours), or before dinner (having fasted for 6-8 hours since breakfast, skipping lunch) so that you will feel hungry for the taste test. In order to be eligible to participate in the study, you must be age 18 or over, have no current or past diagnosis of disordered eating, not be taking weight loss medications (including Wegovy, Ozempic, or any others), and not be currently pregnant. There are no risks except perhaps the awkwardness of eating foods in a lab and completing questionnaires about food and eating.
Chinese Translation Accuracy Study 中文翻译准确性实验 Self-guided (online) 288 20 1 $0 "Louise Zhuang" <zhuan160@umn.edu> 11, 1 This study aims to examine the discrepancy in the actual meaning of certain Psychology Terminology, compared to their popular Chinese (Mandarin) translations. Many popular terminologies are translated directly without indication of the correct meaning of the term itself, and this survey will investigate the extent of misunderstanding among international Chinese undergraduate students. 本研究旨在调查心理学术语的实际含义与其常见的中文（普通话）翻译相比的差异。许多流行术语都是直译而来，而没有准确表达这些专有名词本身的正确含义。本次调查将检验来自中国的国际本科生对于这些中文直译的误解程度。 All participants will either be Chinese-born international students, or students who come from immigrant families that are proficient in Chinese. All participants will be currently attending the University of Minnesota. They need to be at least 18 years of age and able to given informed consent. 实验参与者都必须是在中国出生的国际生，或者是来自精通中文的华裔移民家庭的学生。所有参与者都需要在明尼苏达大学就读，必须年满 18 岁并且能够给予知情同意。 Participants will answer a Qualtrics survey with questions on their understanding of certain Psychology terms in Chinese. This should take about 15-20 minutes, and you will be awarded for 1 REP point. This is a one-session only study, and the study will be written in Chinese simplified characters. You can go through the survey on your own at any time. In terms of risks, the Institutional Review Board determined that this study meets the criteria for exemption from IRB review. 实验参与者将在 Qualtrics 平台上，回答一份有关他们对一些中文翻译的理解的问卷。这大约需要 15-20 分钟，你将获得 1 个 REP 积分。这是一项一次性研究，问卷将以简体中文呈现。您可以随时自行完成调查。在风险方面，道德伦理审查委员会确定本研究符合豁免IRB审查的标准。