Student Research Participation Opportunities

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.

This is a one session neuropsychological study. You can earn a guaranteed $10 with opportunity to earn an additional monetary reward based on task performance.

By taking part you will join a study seeking to understand the influence of social media on political ideology and bias. Participants will be asked a series of 60 questions, with the study expecting to take between 20 to 30 minutes. Must be available to attend the Northern Michigan University campus on the following dates between 10am and 2pm:

March 21st – 23rd.

March 28th – 30th.

April 4th – 6th.

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. You will evaluate and test the game, with opportunities to give your thoughts on where it could go.

This study sponsored by the Cognitive X Affective Behavioral & Integrated Neuroscience (CABIN) lab is investigating the relationship between personality traits and what people pay attention to. The study consists of two behavioral tasks, each lasting approximately 25 minutes, and questionnaires.

You are invited to participate in our research study. By taking part you will join a five week study seeking to understand the use of mindfulness techniques in managing feelings of depression and anxiety.

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.

By taking part in this opportunity you will join a study seeking to understand the relationship between social media and news apps on anxiety.

We welcome you to participate in our study! This experiment is a study of brain wave changes during a reaction time competition between two participants. 

We are interested in what reward does in the brain. In this study, you will be completing two EEG sessions. In both sessions, you will be playing a roulette-gambling game to win as much money as possible. In the second session, you will additionally complete a brief reaction-time task. Upon completion of the second session, you will be compensated with $30.