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Study: Search Strategies

Experimenter:
Elizabeth Goldfarb

Contact:
goldfe01@nyu.edu

Description:
You will be asked to view images on a computer screen and press a button in response to a target. The study will take approximately one hour. You will be paid $10 for your participation.

Specific requirements:
Must be at least 18 years of age
Must be fluent in English (spoken for at least 10 years)
Must have normal or corrected to normal vision
Must have normal color vision


Study: Learning and Memory

Experimenter:
Elisa Steinfurth

Contact:
elisa.steinfurth@nyu.edu

Description:
You will be asked to view colored slides on a computer screen, and complete several questionnaires. Additionally, you will be asked to have your skin conductance response recorded and receive mild electric shocks to the wrist, which are aversive, but not painful. The study involves three sessions each approximately 1 hour. Depending on the data you might be able to participate in only one session. You will be compensated $15 for each session ($45 for completing).

Specific requirements:
Must be at least 18 years of age
Must be fluent in English (spoken for at least 10 years)
Must NOT have done an aversive conditioning (shock) study with visual stimuli (shapes, faces, or any other images) in the past six months.


Study: Emotional Learning & Regulation

Experimenter:
Candace Raio

Contact:
cmr385@nyu.edu

Description:
You will be asked to view images on a computer screen and complete several questionnaires. Additionally, you will be asked to have your skin conductance response recorded and occasionally receive mild electric shocks to the wrist, which are aversive, but not painful. You may also undergo an additional (mild to moderate) stressor and provide us with salivary samples at different points throughout the experiment for assessment of stress hormones. This study requires you to come in on two consecutive days for 45min each day. You will compensated $30 after the second session.

Specific requirements:
Must be at least 18 years of age
Must be fluent in English (spoken for at least 10 years)
Must NOT have done an aversive conditioning (shock) study in the past --- months.
Must NOT be pregnant
Must NOT be currently taking any anti-depressant or anti-anxiety medication


Study: Decision Making about Monetary Rewards

Experimenter:
Karolina Lempert

Contact:
kml523@nyu.edu

Description:
In this study, you will do one computer task, during which you will make choices about money. You will also complete a few brief questionnaires. We will collect eye movement data while you are completing the computer task. The study will take approximately one hour. You will be paid $10 for your participation, and you may also be paid up to $90 more depending on your monetary decisions during the computer task.

Requirements:
You must be 18 or over to participate, and must not take any psychiatric or neurological medications. You must also have normal or corrected-to-normal vision.


Study: Individual Differences In Jury Decision-Making

Experimenter:
Catherine Stevenson

Contact:
catherinefstevenson@gmail.com

Description:
Go through computer simulation of an actual trial. Read and listen to descriptions and arguments articulated by actual attorneys during the trial and make decisions regarding guilt or innocence of the defendant. Respond to various questionnaires and perform speeded reaction time tests. The study will take 2.5 hour of your time and you will be compensated $25.

Specific requirements:
Normal or corrected to normal vision. Must be at least 18 years old.