Student Research Participation Opportunities - Department of Psychological Science

If you are interested in participating, please contact: 

lacrosselaboratory@gmail.com

And we will schedule a time for the assessment.

You are invited to take part in a research study seeking to understand the relationship between political ideology and bias.
Participants will be presented with 40 quotes from politicians and asked to attribute the quote from a choice of Democrat and Republican politicians and whether the participant perceives the quote to be positive or negative.
Participants may answer or decline to answer any questions without pressure or coercion.
The survey should take no more than 10-20 minutes to complete.
This study is being conducted by an undergraduate student and Dr. Vince Jeevar. IRB: HS22-1275

The purpose of this study is to evaluate behavioral performance, persistence, and recurrence in computer simulations. You will complete game-like computer tasks in a laboratory while earning points. We are interested in evaluating the role of multiple session experiences, such as taking breaks, which style of gaming response options and other activities are available, how points are gained or lost, and how responsive the game environment is while playing.

Participants will complete game-like computer tasks in a laboratory while earning points. Participants can receive up to about $10 per hour or $30 per session for their gaming performance in each completed session.

You are invited to participate in our research study. The purpose of this study is to better the factors that influence attention-related behavior. An undergraduate or graduate research assistant at Northern Michigan University will be conducting the study under the advisory of Dr. Carlson.

You are invited to take part in a research study asking for a response to 44 statements concerning the relationship between personality traits and attitudes towards animals. This study is being conducted by an undergraduate student and Dr. Vince Jeevar. IRB: HS22-1312

Many studies looking at brain activity have simple tasks out of necessity. You are invited to test a simple game modeled after the well-known Chrome Dino game while your brain activity is recorded with electroencephalography (EEG).

This is a single session study looking at salivary biomarkers of concussion.

Current sports related concussion (SRC) severity determination is largely based on subjective assessments such as self-reporting measures and neurocognitive evaluations. Although these methods are considered the gold standard for SRC assessment, they are time consuming and fail to provide an accurate neurobiological conclusion of what is occurring in the brain. A non-invasive biological test could provide an objective measure of SRC severity and thus prevent athletes from returning to sport too quickly. Therefore, the goal of this study is to evaluate the association between salivary microRNA expression and symptom severity in concussed college athletes, thus providing an objective measure of injury severity and reducing the heightened risk of secondary injury in concussed athletes returning to sport too quickly.