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ADULT PARTICIPANTS 

We are currently recruiting for the following study: How well do they fit? Study on Affective Images. In this two-part study, you will come into the lab for two sessions 24-hour apart. You will be presented with a series of images that may elicit emotional responses, and you will be asked to complete some tasks on the computer. The purpose of this non-intervention research is to understand how people perceive affective images.

Eligibility: Must be at least 18 years old.

To participate please contact Amber Hu at th686@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

CHILD PARTICIPANTS 

Children’s Storybook Study

Would you like your child to participate in our Children’s Storybook Study? The study takes 30 minutes and is completed over zoom. We are interested in how 5-to-8 year olds remember the details from storybooks with either expected or unexpected endings. Children will play 3 memory games with a researcher over Zoom—a counting game, a picture game, and a storybook game. In the counting game, children will hear and recite a series of numbers (e.g., 123). In the picture game, children will see and label pictures of a sun and moon as either “night” or “day”. Finally, in the storybook game, children will view 6 picture ebook stories about different cartoon characters with different endings.  Then they will answer some questions about each story. Compensation for this study is $5.

Eligibility: Children ages 5 to 8 years who live in the U.S. and speak English.

To participate please fill sign up here or email MC2STORYBOOKSTUDY@GMAIL.COM

 

Children’s thinking about and learning from media

We are interested in how 4- to 6-year-olds think about media devices in this two-session study. 

In session 1, your child will play a shortgame with the experimenter over a video call where they will answer questions regarding how they think about five different media devices (TV, Laptop, Smartphone, Tablet, and Book) and answer a set of age-appropriate science questions. Then, in session 2, about a day later, they will watch an educational video and answer questions. Each session should take about 25 minutes. In addition, parents will be asked to complete a 10-minute media belief survey.

Eligibility: Children ages 4 to 6 years and their parents who live in the U.S. and speak English.

To participate please fill sign up here

 

FUTURE STUDIES 

If at this time you or your child are not able or eligible to participate in a study, but you would like to be contacted in the future about ongoing studies please fill out our interest form.