Do you love listening to music? Are you curious about how your favorite music affects your brain? The Brain Music Lab at CU Boulder is currently recruiting participants for a research study, Neural Mechanisms of Music Appreciation (CU Boulder IRB #25-0777), investigating favorite music listening and brain activity in young adults.
The total expected time commitment is approximately four hours. Research activities will take place over several weeks, according to your availability and the researchers’ availability. Participating in this study involves:
- Completing an online survey (30 minutes)
- One in-person visit to the Brain Music Lab (Roser ATLAS building) on CU Boulder’s Main Campus (90 minutes)
- A practice MRI session (30 minutes) and an MRI scan (90 minutes) at the Center for Innovation & Creativity (CINC), located just east of CU Boulder’s Main Campus
Even if you enroll in this study, you may not qualify for all of these research activities. Individuals who complete parts one and two will be compensated with a $20 Amazon gift certificate. Individuals who also complete part three will be compensated with an additional $20 Amazon gift certificate, plus an image of their brain!
Complete this form to see if you are eligible.
Eligible individuals must:
- 18–25 years old
- Be native English speakers
- Have little-to-no musical training
- Be able to undergo MRI (see specific MRI requirements; not pregnant)
- Be right-handed
- Have normal, or corrected-to-normal, hearing and vision
- Have no music processing-related disorders
- Have no recent psychiatric diagnoses and not recently taken psychiatric medications (within six months)
- Be able to attend in-person sessions at the ATLAS Institute on CU Boulder’s Main Campus, as well as at the Center for Innovation and Creativity (CINC); reimbursement for transportation/parking not provided
Please email researcher Sophia Mehdizadeh (some4995@colorado.edu) with any questions.