Paid Research Opportunities
The following studies are recruiting participants and pay for your time. Read the descriptions and requirements. If you are interested, email the researcher asking to participate. The same information is posted on flyers on the Research Opportunities bulletin board on the second floor of Swift Hall, between rooms 202 and 203.
Opportunity List
- Dating Study
- Visual Adaptation, Selective Attention, and Shape Coding
- Interpersonal Economic Decision Making
- Attitudes about Topics in the News
- Systems of Mathematics
- Social Categorization and Interpersonal Interactions
- Reading Comprehension
- Social Cognition
- Investigation of Social and Emotional Perception
- Simple Judgments
- Deception Study
- Visual Attention and Memory
- Break Up and the Self
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Language and Communication
- Cognition and Language
- Spatial Intelligence and Learning
Dating Study
Posted November 4, 2009
The Northwestern Relationships Laboratory is recruiting romantically-involved couples to participate in a study about dynamics in close relationships. The study involves recalling past relationship experiences and filling out surveys about current relationship experiences. In order to participate, (a) you must be involved in a romantic relationship of at least one month in duration, (b) you and your partner must be at least 18 years old, and (c) you and your partner must both be willing and able to participate. The study takes place in a Swift Hall laboratory, takes 20 minutes, and both partners of participating couples will be paid $8 for their participation ($16/couple).
Please Email northwesterndatingstudy@gmail.com for more information or to schedule an appointment.
IRB project number: STU00018875 / Principal Investigator: Eli Finkel
Visual Adaptation, Selective Attention, and Shape Coding
Posted August 13, 2009
The laboratories of Dr. Satoru Suzuki and Dr. Marcia Grabowecky are currently seeking healthy adults, 18 years or older, to participate in research on perception. Participants are compensated $10/hour for volunteering. Once you contact the laboratory, you will be informed of studies in progress and their specific requirements (for example, handedness, age range, gender) and procedures. Typically, studies involve responding to images or sounds presented by a computer and last from 1-2 hours. Some studies also require responding to personality or mood questionnaires, or having physiological responses recorded (for example, brain waves or eye movements). The details of the particular study will be provided when you contact the laboratory. If you are interested in volunteering and you qualify to participate in any ongoing studies, an appointment will be scheduled. Note: no transportation or parking costs will be covered.
Contact: If you are interested in participating, please contact the laboratory by telephone (847) 467-6539, or email for more information: perception.nu@gmail.com
IRB project number: STU00013229 / Principal Investigator: Satoru Suzuki
Interpersonal Economic Decision Making
Posted May 12, 2009
The Social Perception and Communication Lab is looking for people, 18 or older, to participate in a research study. Participation involves playing a short economic game and responding to questions in a Swift Hall psychology lab. Receive $8 compensation for participating in a 30-minute psychology study about how people decide to make interpersonal economic choices.
Contact: Please contact the study coordinator at krotella2013@gmail.com for more information or to schedule an appointment.
IRB project number: STU00007400 / Principal Investigator: Jennifer Richeson
Attitudes about Topics in the News
Posted April 27, 2009
The Social Perception and Communication Lab is looking for Caucasian women, 18 or older, to participate in a research study. Participation involves reading articles and responding to questions in a Swift Hall psychology lab. Receive $8 compensation for participating in a 30-minute psychology study about views of different groups.
Contact: Please contact the study coordinator at divastudy2@gmail.com for more information or to schedule an appointment.
IRB project number: STU00006032 / Principal Investigator: Jennifer Richeson
Systems of Mathematics
Posted March 17, 2009
Researchers in the Psychology Department at Northwestern University are recruiting men and women (18 years or older) to participate in a study on the way people learn new systems of mathematics. You will read mathematical information and will then answer questions about this information. Participants will earn $8 for their participation.
Contact: Please Email Kimberly at k-au@northwestern.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.
IRB project number: 0416-005 / Principal Investigator: Lance Rips
Social Categorization and Interpersonal Interactions
Posted February 17, 2009
Researchers at Northwestern University are looking for NU students to participate in a 90-minute research study on social categorization and interpersonal interactions. Participants will earn $20 for their participation. Participants must be at least 18 years of age and an undergraduate student at Northwestern.
Contact: Email Dessie at odessaluna2007@u.northwestern.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.
IRB project number: STU00008571 / Principal Investigator: Eli Finkel
Reading Comprehension
Posted February 17, 2009
Northwestern University researchers are running a 30-minute reading comprehension study. They are recruiting English speaking individuals who are at least 18 years of age. Participants will earn $8 for their participation.
Contact: Please contact David at d-miele@northwestern.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.
IRB project number: STU00003194 / Principal Investigator: Daniel Molden
Social Cognition
Posted January, 27 2009
The Social Cognition lab at Northwestern University is looking for NU students to participate in a half-hour research study on contextual influences on social categorization, memory, and judgment. Participants will earn $7 for their participation. You must be at least 18 years of age and an undergraduate student at Northwestern.
Contact: Email Andy at a-todd@northwestern.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.
IRB project number: STU00001259 / Principal Investigator: Galen Bodenhausen
Investigations of Social and Emotional Perception
Posted July 30, 2008
Using brain imaging, Northwestern University researchers are seeking to further understand how the mind and brain process other people's thoughts, identities, and feelings. For this study, they are currently recruiting adults (18 years or older), who are Japanese Americans. The session will last approximately 1 hour and participants will be paid at an hourly rate.
Contact: Please contact the Social and Cultural Neuroscience Lab at nufmri@gmail.com for more information or to schedule an appointment.
IRB project number: STU00000204 / Principal Investigator: Joan Chiao
Simple Judgments
Posted July 11, 2008
The Northwestern Social and Cultural Neuroscience Lab is seeking participants ages 18 to 35 for a study involving tasks of simple judgment-making. Participants will be paid $10 for approximately one hour of time.
Contact: Please email kaitlynbooske2009@u.northwestern.edu or ellieg@stanford.edu for more information.
IRB project number: STU00000204 / Principal Investigator: Joan Chiao
Deception Study
Posted July 3, 2008
The Northwestern Deception Lab is looking for participants for a series of brain wave deception studies. Participants will complete a task while brain activity is recorded through EEG. Participation lasts either 60 or 90 minutes and payment is $10/hour. Participants must be at least 18 years of age, have no history of head injury or epilepsy, and have not used Retin-A Micro or similar prescription acne medications in the past six months. You must have normal or corrected to normal vision with glasses.
Contact: For more information, please email deceptionstudy@gmail.com
IRB Project number 0427-002 / Principal Investigator: J.P. Rosenfeld
Visual Attention and Memory
Posted June 27, 2008
The Northwestern University Visual Cognition Lab is conducting experiments on visual attention and memory. Participants perform various visual attention & memory tasks on a computer, and occasionally fill our questionnaires. Participants are paid $10/hour. You must have normal or corrected to normal vision, and be at least 18 years of age.
Contact: For more information, please email northwestern.visionlab@gmail.com
IRB Project number 2208-001/ Principal Investigator: Steve Franconeri
Break Up and the Self
Posted April 28, 2008
Northwestern University researchers are studying the impact of the end of romantic relationships on individuals’ lives and are seeking participants who have experienced a break up in the past two weeks. The study lasts a month (4 sessions, one per week), takes 45-minutes to an hour per session, and takes place in centrally located Swift Hall. Participants must be 18 years or older will earn $5 per session, plus a bonus if the study is completed in its entirety.
Contact: Please email e-slotter@northwestern.edu for more details.
IRB: STU00000734 / Principal Investigator: Jennifer Richeson
Cognitive Neuroscience
Posted December 14, 2007
The Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at Northwestern University is currently recruiting adult participants (18 or older) for brain wave experiments. The entire experiment typically lasts 2-3 hours, and participants are compensated at a rate of $10/hour.
Contact: For more information, or to apply to participate in this study, please call (847) 491-7725 or send an email to s-florczak@northwestern.edu.
IRB project number: 0610-001 / Principal Investigator: Ken Paller
Language and Communication
Posted December 13, 2007
Cognition and Language
Posted November 7, 2007
Northwestern University researchers in the Cognition and Language Lab are currently conducting research on the effects of analogy and similarity on learning. They are currently recruiting adults (18 or older), especially undergraduates, for participants in these studies on cognition. Participants will be compensated at a rate of $10 per hour.
Contact: To sign up or to receive more information, please call 847-467-1360 or email coglangexp@gmail.com.
IRB project number: STU00002279 / Principal Investigator: Dedre Gentner
Spatial Intelligence and Learning
Posted November 7, 2007
The Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center at Northwestern University is currently recruiting adults (18 or older) to participate in research concerning the effects of language and thought on spatial cognition. Our studies explore patterns of understanding and how they are affected by language. Participants will be compensated at a rate of $10 per hour.
Contact: To sign up or to receive more information, please call 847-467-1360, email coglangexp@gmail.com, or visit spatiallearning.org.
IRB project number: STU00000176 / Principal Investigators: Dedre Gentner & David Uttal
