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UC Berkeley Building Blocks of Cognition Studies for Adults between Ages 18 and 35 

How does your mind represent concepts? Behavioral and brain imaging studies

The Building Blocks of Cognition Lab in the Department of Psychology at UC Berkeley studies human cognition: https://bungelab.berkeley.edu/

We’re recruiting healthy participants between ages 18 and 35 for a study at UC Berkeley. If you are enrolled in the study, you will be asked to complete memory and reasoning tests online (behavioral study). You may also be invited to participate in an fMRI study at the UC Berkeley Brain Imaging Center (brain imaging study). 

Please note that participation in this research project will require that you be screened for COVID-19 exposure and/or symptoms prior to, or upon arrival for your research appointment. In addition, you will be required to comply with all relevant UC Berkeley policies regarding wearing of facial coverings, etc. indoors that may be in place at the time of your appointment.

If you have not been fully vaccinated you are not eligible for the studyIf deemed ineligible to participate in the study, no compensation is available for your time or effort in coming to said appointment.

Criteria: 1) Native English speaker. 2) Adequate sensorimotor capacity to participate in the trial, including normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing, and motor capacity adequate to control a computer keyboard and mouse. 3) No history of neurological or psychiatric illness o ruse of psychotropic medications. 4) No epilepsy. 5) No pacemakers or other medical implants or other metallic implants. 6) Not pregnant.

Compensation:

● $10/hour, in the form of an Amazon gift card, for an online behavioral study, which takes ~1 hour. 
● $25/hour, in the form of an Amazon gift card, for an in-person brain imaging study, which takes ~1.5 hours. 

If you’re interested in participating, please send an email to bungelab@gmail.com and a researcher will answer any of your questions and send you a copy of this ad for your reference. 

We look forward to hearing from you!

Visit the UC Berkeley Developmental Labs to sign up to be contacted by UC Berkeley researchers about studies your child might be interested in and to learn about ongoing research studies at UC Berkeley.

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