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Mike Lawrence, PhD stu­dent in the Exper­i­men­tal Psy­chol­ogy pro­gram at Dal­housie Uni­ver­sity, is con­duct­ing an exper­i­ment on atten­tion and mem­ory that will take place in the Depart­ment of Psy­chol­ogy. The exper­i­ment involves play­ing a sim­ple video game. We may use spe­cial equip­ment to mon­i­tor your eyes, either mounted on a helmet-like cam­era sys­tem or using a desk­top cam­era zoomed in on your eye. Par­tic­i­pa­tion in this study will take about an hour to com­plete in total and will pro­vide $15 to com­pen­sate time spent par­tic­i­pat­ing in the exper­i­ment. If you are between the ages of 18–30 and inter­ested in par­tic­i­pat­ing in this exper­i­ment, con­tact Mike at mla@dal.ca for more information

We are look­ing for chil­dren between the ages of 8 and 14 years old who want to par­tic­i­pate in a fun research study in the Cen­tre for Pedi­atric Pain Research at the IWK Health Centre.

Chil­dren and par­ents will be asked to come into the lab for 60 min­utes. When you come in we will explain all of the details of the study and ask you if you and your child want to par­tic­i­pate, then you and your child will be asked a few demo­graphic ques­tions and your child will par­tic­i­pate in a cold water task and answer a few ques­tions about what the task felt like. This cold water task has been used in many of our research stud­ies before and kids have gen­er­ally enjoyed doing it. This study is a fun oppor­tu­nity for par­ents and chil­dren to par­tic­i­pate in research that will help us bet­ter under­stand some inter­est­ing aspects of children’s pain and will make a con­tri­bu­tion to science.

Par­ents will receive $5 to assist with park­ing and chil­dren will receive $10 and a junior sci­en­tist thank you cer­tifi­cate for their help.

If you are inter­ested in find­ing out more about this research study, please con­tact either us at (902) 470‑6906 or leah.wofsy@iwk.nshealth.ca

Have you had at least five cig­a­rettes in the last week, but do not smoke every day?  Do you also occa­sion­ally drink alcohol?

Dal­housie Tobacco and Addic­tions Lab­o­ra­tory is look­ing for indi­vid­u­als who some­times smoke cig­a­rettes for a brief research study if you meet the fol­low­ing criteria:

• Are 19 years of age or older
• Do not intend to quit smok­ing in the next 30 days
• Smoke at least five cig­a­rettes per week, but not daily
• Con­sume a min­i­mum of 4 drinks at least once per week
• Are not cur­rently using nico­tine replace­ment therapy

Research par­tic­i­pants who qual­ify for our research will be com­pen­sated for their time on an hourly basis, and may qual­ify for future sub­se­quent research projects.

If you are inter­ested and want more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact us at smokealc@dal.ca with you name and a phone num­ber we can reach you at.  One of the researchers will call, explain the nature of the study, and will help deter­mine if you meet cri­te­ria to participate.

Inter­ested in Research?  Par­tic­i­pate in our object nam­ing exper­i­ments for 10$ an hour!

You can par­tic­i­pate if:

–Eng­lish is your first language

–You have nor­mal vision or wear contacts/glasses

–You do not have any neu­ro­log­i­cal or motor deficits

We are located in the Psy­chol­ogy Depart­ment of the Life Sci­ences Cen­ter at Dal­housie University

Con­tact heathmatheson@dal.ca for fur­ther infor­ma­tion or to book an appointment!

Par­tic­i­pate in our exper­i­ments for 10$ an hour! We are run­ning sev­eral Eye mon­i­tor­ing and EEG exper­i­ments this spring and need participants.

You can participate if:

–Eng­lish is your first language

–You have nor­mal vision or wear contacts/ NO glasses or Eye makeup Please!

–You do not have any neu­ro­log­i­cal or motor deficits

We are located in the Psy­chol­ogy Depart­ment of the Life Sci­ences Cen­ter at Dal­housie University

Con­tact pdill@dal.ca or call 494‑6551 and talk to Chris or Patti to book an appointment!

We are look­ing for par­ents of chil­dren between the ages of 8 and 12 years of age to take part in an IWK research project to see how well par­ents can tell if kids are fak­ing or hid­ing pain!

The study involves vis­it­ing the Cen­tre for Pedi­atric Pain Research at the IWK for about 60 min­utes, at a time that is con­ve­nient for you (includ­ing evenings and week­ends).  A $10 dona­tion will be made to the IWK Health Cen­tre Foun­da­tion on behalf of each par­tic­i­pant. Par­ents will receive $5 to help with trans­porta­tion costs and to thank them for their time.

Look­ing for research expe­ri­ence and a sum­mer­time vol­un­teer position?

Inter­ested in learn­ing more about autism spec­trum disorder?

The John­son lab is look­ing for enthu­si­as­tic, moti­vated vol­un­teers to assist with stud­ies exam­in­ing chil­dren, ado­les­cents, and adults with autism spec­trum disorder. Research vol­un­teers will learn how to score psy­cho­log­i­cal tests and will assist in par­tic­i­pant test­ing, data entry, and stim­u­lus prepa­ra­tion. Some of the stud­ies include:

-Ill­ness Knowl­edge & Com­mu­ni­ca­tion: What do youths with autism spec­trum dis­or­der do when they get sick?

-Pref­er­ence Acqui­si­tion: How do chil­dren form pref­er­ences for cer­tain things?

-Infor­ma­tion Pro­cess­ing: How do dif­fer­ent groups of peo­ple at dif­fer­ent devel­op­men­tal points process information?

Inter­ested in apply­ing? Please fill out our vol­un­teer appli­ca­tion (located here), and return to Heather at johnsonlab@dal.ca.

The IWK Health Cen­tre and Dal­housie Uni­ver­sity are con­duct­ing a study on how the brain responds to dif­fer­ent pat­terns of visual stim­u­la­tion. We are cur­rently look­ing for peo­ple between 10 and 65 years of age to take part in the study.

You or your child may take part in the study if:

You have nor­mal vision in both eyes (with glasses or con­tact lenses if needed)

OR

You have a con­di­tion known as ambly­opia (“lazy eye”) usu­ally treated by patch­ing one eye in childhood.

OR

You have a con­di­tion known as optic neu­ropa­thy (fre­quently asso­ci­ated with mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis, dia­betes, rheuma­toid arthritis)

OR

You have a con­di­tion affect­ing the retina known as mac­u­lopa­thy (fre­quently asso­ci­ated with dia­betes and ageing)

AND

You do not have cataracts, reduced co-operation, or nys­tag­mus (shaky eyes)

The study will take place at the IWK Health Cen­tre and take about 90 min­utes of your time.  Par­tic­i­pants will be com­pen­sated for their time.  If you are inter­ested in par­tic­i­pat­ing in this research study, or would like more infor­ma­tion please contact:

Kari Smith at ksmith@dal.ca

Finally,  you are required to wear an acti­graph (sort of like a wrist watch that mea­sures your wrist motion) for 1 week before your par­tic­i­pa­tion in the study. I would be able to meet you at Dal­housie, the QE2, or some­where con­ve­nient for you to talk to you about the study, fill out ques­tion­naires and get you set up with an acti­graph the Mon­day before the week you want to participate.

Please con­tact Avery Nixon at Avery.Nixon@dal.ca or at 902–488-7303 if you are interested!

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion, please con­tact Ryan (at ryan.blagdon@gmail.com) or Evan (at evan_nemeth@hotmail.com)

We are con­duct­ing a research study inves­ti­gat­ing pat­terns and moti­va­tions of poker players.

If you:
• Are 19–34 years old
• Have played OFFLINE POKER (e.g. casino, with friends) at least 2 times a month for the last 3 months
• Have played offline poker at least 10 times in your life
• Have played for offline money

• Have NOT played online more than 10 times or in the past 3 months.

You may be eli­gi­ble to par­tic­i­pate in a research study inves­ti­gat­ing pat­terns and moti­va­tions of poker players.

If you choose to par­tic­i­pate in this study, you will be eli­gi­ble for com­pen­sa­tion. Each par­tic­i­pant will be required to attend 1 ses­sion at Dal­housie University.

If you are inter­ested and want more infor­ma­tion please con­tact us via e-mail at gamble@dal.ca or call 494‑4596. Replies to this ad and par­tic­i­pa­tion in the study will be strictly confidential.

Your par­tic­i­pa­tion in the study is com­pletely vol­un­tary and is not con­sid­ered a form of employ­ment. Dal­housie Uni­ver­sity will not be issu­ing a T4A for any hon­o­rar­ium you receive.

Does famil­iar­ity influ­ence pro­cess­ing of emo­tional expressions?

This is a 2-part study, open to any­one 16 years of age or older. The main objec­tive of the project is to inves­ti­gate how we process our own emo­tional expres­sions (self) vs. those of peo­ple we do not know (other). In Part 1, your facial expres­sion will be recorded while look­ing at images pre­sented on a com­puter screen. In Part 2, you will be tested on recog­ni­tion of your own facial responses to the images and the facial responses of another, unknown, per­son to the same images. Record­ing of your facial expres­sion in Part 1 is manda­tory for par­tic­i­pa­tion. If there are any prob­lems in the record­ings, such as tech­ni­cal prob­lems, then you may not be asked to return for Part 2. Both ses­sions will take no more than an hour to com­plete and you will receive $10 per ses­sion completed.

Please email Alanna Gravely (agravely@dal.ca) for more infor­ma­tion about the study and to sched­ule your ses­sion for Part 1.

Click here to see our poster!

Are you look­ing for a fun research activ­ity for your children?

We are look­ing for healthy chil­dren between the ages of 10 and 14 years of age to take part in a research project com­par­ing dif­fer­ent ways to help kids feel bet­ter when they’re in pain.

The study involves vis­it­ing the Cen­tre for Pedi­atric Pain research here at the IWK for about 60 min­utes, at a time that is con­ve­nient for your fam­ily (includ­ing evenings and week­ends).  Chil­dren will receive a $15 to thank them for par­tic­i­pat­ing. Par­ents will also receive $5 to help with trans­porta­tion costs and to thank them for their time.

Please call, (902) 470‑6906 or e-mail mark.petter@dal.ca to find out more about the study!

Click here to see our poster!

Do you have a child between the ages of 8–12? If so, we need your help!

We are look­ing for healthy 8–12 year olds to par­tic­i­pate in an excit­ing study at the IWK Health Cen­tre. You and your child will visit the Cen­tre for Pedi­atric Pain Research to par­tic­i­pate in a research project study­ing children’s feel­ings and pain.  For help­ing us and to thank you, you will receive $20 to help with trans­porta­tion costs and your child will receive $20 and a certificate. To learn more or find out if you are eli­gi­ble, please Call 470‑6906 or Email melanie.noel@dal.ca

Click here to see our poster!

We are look­ing for healthy chil­dren between 8 and 12 years of age to par­tic­i­pate in a 30-minute study at the IWK Health Centre.

You and your child will visit the Cen­tre for Pedi­atric Pain research to par­tic­i­pate in a research project study­ing how chil­dren per­ceive peers with a chronic ill­ness. For help­ing us, your child will receive a cer­tifi­cate and a prize, and you will receive $5 to help with trans­porta­tion costs and to thank you for your time.

To learn more or find out if you are eli­gi­ble, please call Aimee at 470‑6906 or email aimee.dort@iwk.nshealth.ca

Click here to view our poster!

Do you have a healthy child or a child with a chronic ill­ness between the ages of 8 and 12 who enjoys play­ing games and lis­ten­ing to sto­ries? If so, we need your help!

We are look­ing for healthy chil­dren and chil­dren with a chronic ill­ness between the ages of 8 and 12 years and one par­ent to take part in a research project at the IWK Health Cen­tre that explores how chil­dren make friends.

You and your child would visit the Cen­tre for Pedi­atric Pain Research for about 60 min­utes. For help­ing us, your child will receive $10 and a cer­tifi­cate, and you will receive $10 to help with trans­porta­tion costs and to thank you for your time.

To learn more or to find out if you are eli­gi­ble, please con­tact Aimee Dort by phone at 470‑6906 or by email at aimee.dort@iwk.nshealth.ca