Thread: $ Research Children ages 6-17... (Waltham, MA)

Did you know that adults who are deaf are faster and more accurate in responding to visual motion than hearing adults are? In the Perceptual Development Lab at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, we are interested in learning more about how children with hearing loss learn to use their sense of vision to compensate. For this purpose, we are conducting a series of studies involving hearing children to use as a comparison to the hearing-impaired children.

We are looking for children, in the age range of 6-17, to participate in a task involving behavioral measures like accuracy of button presses, speed of button presses, and location of eye gaze. Some, but not all, of our studies involve measuring a child’s brain waves. Brain waves are a non-invasive measure of the electrical activity of the brain and we measure them with small metal disks sewn into an elastic cap that fits tightly over the child’s head. Children are fascinated by this technique and like to take pictures of their brain waves for a show and tell at school.

All of our study participants receive compensation for their time and a small gift and are free to participate in as many studies as they qualify for. Children and their parents are invited to come to our laboratory at the Shriver Center in Waltham, which is reachable by public transportation and has ample free parking.

To learn more about participating in this study or for more information about other studies in our laboratory, please contact Melissa at (781) 642-0260 (also TTY), send email to PDL@umassmed.edu or visit our website at:

http://www.umassmed.edu/shriver/faculty/mitchell_t.cfm

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Job location is Waltham, MA