The Emotive Computing Lab at CU Boulder are looking for participants for a study of eye movements and brain activity during learning.  

The study requires one visit of 2 hours to the lab in Muenzinger and possibly a 30-minute follow-up online.
The visit will involve having your eye movements and brain activity noninvasively recorded while you complete a computer-based learning task. Brain activity will be measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and electroencephalography (EEG). 

It will take approximately 2 hours and you will be paid $15 per hour, an estimated $30 total for the session. You will be paid a further $10 for completing the follow-up. Payment will be via an Amazon gift card.

You are eligible to participant in this research study if you:

• Are at least 18 years of age
• Are a CU Boulder student or staff member
• Are fluent in English
• Are proficient with computers
• Do not have significant and uncorrected vision impairments
• Do not have a history of seizures

If you are interested in participating, please contact us at eyemindlink@gmail.com for more information.

The CU Boulder Psychology Department is looking for adults ages 18–40 to participate in a study about attitudes toward spiders, which requires looking at various spider stimuli. This is a paid research study that consists of one ~4-hour session. You will earn $60 for the completion of this study.

Eligibility criteria:

• 18–40 years of age
• Physically healthy
• Experience either high anxiety/fear toward spiders or little to no anxiety/fear toward spiders
• Qualify based on a short online survey

If you're interested or have questions, please contact alex.kirk@colorado.edu.

The Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Computing Lab at CU Boulder is looking for participants for a study of collaboration. You are eligible to participant in this research study if you:

• Are a CU Boulder student at least 18 years of age
• Speak English
• Do not have significant and uncorrected vision impairments
• Have not previously played Physics Playground or a similar game (e.g., Crayon Physics Deluxe, Magic Pen) for more than an hour

The study contains will take place on campus and will last approximately 90 minutes. You will be compensated with a $25 Amazon gift card. If you are interested in participating, please contact us at emotivecomputing.cps2@gmail.com for more information.
 

Currently enrolled as an undergraduate at the Boulder campus? The University Libraries would like to hear from you.

We are looking for approximately a dozen undergraduates to participate in a 45-minute usability study research session. As a token of our appreciation for your time, you will receive a $10 Amazon gift card.

Interested? Register online.

Questions can be directed to Courtney McDonald at crmcdonald@colorado.edu.

We are inviting current CU Boulder undergraduate students of all majors and backgrounds to participate in a study investigating the relationships between time use, perspectives on time, mental health and academic performance.

You must be 18 years or older to participate. Participants will complete two brief surveys over the course of the semester and receive up to $30 ($10 for completing the first survey and $20 for completing the second survey).
 
The first survey will take approximately 30 minutes to complete, and the second survey, which you will take near the end of the academic semester, will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. The IRB protocol number for this study is 20-0004. Sharing your thoughts and experiences by participating in this research has the potential to inform the development of programs and policies to support undergraduate wellness at CU Boulder.
 
Please send an email to cutimestudy@gmail.com if you’re interested in learning more, or take the first survey now.  
 
We greatly appreciate you spending 50 of your precious minutes to inform our understanding of undergraduates’ uses and perceptions of time!

Hello from the IRON Lab! The CU IRON Lab in the ATLAS Institute is looking for participants to complete studies involving working with a robot (IRB #20-0032). These studies will further ongoing research into human-robot interaction.

Participants must meet the following requirements:

• Be age 18 or older
• Have ~30 minutes of time

Participants will be compensated with a $5 Amazon gift card for their time.

To get involved, please email ironlab@colorado.edu with the headline HRI Study Participant or schedule your appointment now.

Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.

Couples needed! Participate with your partner in a research study investigating relationship and sexual satisfaction, mood and sexual intimacy. Participation requires one study visit with your partner lasting approximately one hour.

Each partner will earn $10 for participating ($20 per couple).

Eligible participants include those who meet the following criteria:

• 18–35 years old
• Currently in a monogamous opposite sex and/or cohabiting relationship 
• Relationship duration of at least nine months
• Sexually active 
• English speaking 
• Willing to be video recorded 

If interested, please contact couplecommunication@colorado.edu or leave a message at 303-735-7259. A researcher will contact you to schedule a five-minute phone call to verify eligibility. 

Couples needed: Participate with your partner in a research study investigating relationship and sexual satisfaction, mood and sexual intimacy. Participation requires one study visit with your partner lasting 1 hour. 

Each partner will earn $10 for participating ($20 per couple).

Eligible participants include those who meet the following criteria:

• 18–35 years-old
• Currently in a monogamous opposite sex and/or cohabiting relationship 
• Relationship duration of at least nine months
• Sexually active
• English speaking
• Willing to be video recorded
• Not currently pregnant

If interested, please contact couplecommunication@colorado.edu or leave a message at 303-735-7259. A researcher will contact you to schedule a five-minute phone call to verify eligibility. 

Do you want to participate in a study about cognition, emotions and resilience? Are you a teen ages 15–19? Or do you know a teen who may be interested?

At the Research on Affective Disorders and Development (RADD) Laboratory, we are interested in understanding how certain cognitive abilities, such as being able to pay attention or learn actions that help you achieve goals, may help teenagers to cope with stress and stay healthy.

This is a two-year study. Over the course of the study, you will have two study visits at our laboratory in Boulder, each lasting about five hours. During these visits you will be interviewed about your life experiences; you will complete some computer games that involve paying attention and learning; you will have a neuroimaging scan while you either rest quietly or play computer games; and you will answer a set of surveys on a computer.

Also as part of the study, you will complete a set of online surveys and a brief telephone interview once every six months (five times total during the two-year study participation). At the end of the study, you will have a final telephone interview, lasting about two hours.

You can earn up to $750 for your time and effort completing the study.

To learn more, you or your parent/legal guardian (if you are age 17 or younger) can visit our website at www.raddlab.com, contact our lab directly at 303-735-8306 or email us at raddlab@colorado.edu.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how sleep loss affects your ability to think and changes the helpful bacteria living in your gut. We are also testing how a prebiotic diet alters how you and the bacteria living in your gut respond to sleep loss and being awake at night. This research will help us to create treatments and strategies for people working long hours under stressful conditions at night.

You may be eligible for this study if you:

• Are a healthy male or female
• Ages 18-35

Study visits include:

• Consent appointment at the Sleep Laboratory
• Medical screening appointment at Boulder’s CTRC
• An actiwatch appointment at the Sleep Laboratory
• Two application appointments of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors
• Two outpatient food pickups in Aurora
• Two laboratory visits spanning 3.7 days each, with 17 days in between visits at the CU Boulder Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory

Main procedures involved:

• Consumption of prebiotic and placebo supplement
• Sleep loss
• Blood draws
• Computer testing
• Biological specimen sampling

Compensation is up to $2,451.

The Research on Affective Disorders and Development Lab is conducting research on wellness and stress coping in CU students. We want to understand what makes CU students resilient or vulnerable to stress, and explore how peer-based programs may foster wellness.

The study includes a few different parts:

• Everyone in the study will be sent a series of electronic surveys three times over the course of the year.
• Some qualifying participants will also complete two in-person research visits, which include an interview about life experiences, a set of computer games, and a neuroimaging scan.
• Participants who are using Peer Wellness Coaching services at CU may choose to share information about their coaching experience with our research team (but you do not have to be using Peer Wellness Coaching to participate in the study). 

The study takes place over the course of a full year, and you will be compensated for your participation (maximum of $504 to $608 for completing all parts of the study).

If you’re interested in learning more, contact the RADD Lab at raddlab@colorado.edu, 303-735-8306, or complete our web screen at raddlab.com/participate. 

Are you ages 18-35 and healthy? 

CU Boulder is seeking participants for a research study investigating how sleep loss affects decision-making and your body’s ability to digest and process the foods you eat. 

Participants must be healthy adults, ages 18-35, who normally sleep less than 6.5 hours per night during the school/work week. Participants will complete six laboratory visits at the CU Boulder Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory and six weeks of at-home sleep monitoring. Four of the visits will last between 0.5-2.5 hours, and two of the visits will last about one day.

Compensation up to $750. Get study details.

For questions email the Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory at sleep.study@colorado.edu.

Volunteers are needed for a study at the Hearing and Epidemiology and Research Diagnostics Laboratory investigating potential effects of cardiovascular health on the auditory system. 

We are recruiting adults ages 35-55 years with two or more of the following: Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol or use of cholesterol-lowering medication, high-blood pressure or use of blood-pressure-lowering medication, or current tobacco smoker. 

Participants will receive a comprehensive hearing evaluation and physical examination with blood draw. Participants are compensated $15 per hour for up to five hours of testing. 

Interested? Email Amy Sanders at heardlab@colorado.edu or call 303-735-7127 to see if you qualify or for more information. 

The Cognitive Development Center in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is looking for children ages birth to 13 years old who are interested in playing games that will help teach us about self-control, language and cognitive strategies. 

A visit, scheduled at your convenience, lasts about 60 minutes. Babysitting is available for siblings. Parents are compensated for travel, and kids receive a fun prize.

To sign up, please do one of the following:

• Visit our website.
• Email cogdevctr@colorado.edu with your child’s name, gender, date of birth, and parent contact information (address, phone number, email address).
• Call us at 303-492-6389.

For more information, feel free to check out our Facebook page and website. 

Join our research study on light exposure and the body clock.

This study is about how typical artificial indoor lighting versus a simulation of a natural sunset influences the timing of the human body clock. The body clock controls 24-hour patterns of physiology such as sleep and hormone release. This work will have important implications for determining how implementation of new lighting technology can be used to promote sleep.

We are looking for healthy men and women, ages 18–45, to participate in a study lasting approximately 15 days, consisting of wearing an activity tracking watch at home and two laboratory visits of about seven hours each at the CU Boulder Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory.

Compensation up to $200.

For study details, email sleep.study@colorado.edu and ask about the Simulated Sunset study.