The Barrett Lab • Current Research Studies
Department of Psychology • Boston College
All studies are run in the Barrett Lab of Boston College in McGuinn Hall [specific lab rooms vary by study]. You may only participate in a given study 1 time. Departmental research credits refer to the credits requried for introductory level psychology courses.
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Study
Name
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Study
Info
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Participant
demographic of interest
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How
much time?
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What
will I get in return for my participation?
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Contact
person’s email address
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| The Work Place Study | We are studying how people attend to their workplace computer based tasks in the presence of distracting stimuli (mild electric shocks) | Open to everyone who has not previously participated in the study. Must complete a pre-screening health questioniare. | Sessions run about 2 |
$20 in cash (or 2 departmental research credits) |
bcpsychlab@gmail.com |
| Face Perception and Personality | We are studying how people’s ability to perceive faces is related to a number of personality characteristics | Open to everyone who has not previously participated in the study. | Sessions run approximately 1.5 hours |
$15 in cash (or 1.5 departmental research credit) |
bcpsychlab@gmail.com |
| Cognition and Personality | We are studying how basic cognitive functioning relates to personality characteristics | Open to everyone who has not previously participated in the study. | Sessions run 1.5 hours |
$15 in cash (or 1.5 departmental research credit) |
bcpsychlab@gmail.com |
| Face Perception Study |
This study assesses how people perceive the faces of other people. The purpose of this study is to better understand how people perceive emotions and identities on the faces of other individuals. |
Open to everyone who has not previously participated in the study. | Less than 1 hour |
$10 in cash (or 1 departmental research credit) |
barrettlab@gmail.com |
| Music and Mood Study | This study consists of two sub-studies. The first study is concerned with interpreting emotion expression. The second unrelated study examines the use of music to alter people's moods. | Open to everyone who has not previously participated in the study. | Less than 1 hour |
$10 in cash (or 1 departmental research credit) |
barrettlab@gmail.com |
| Character Judgement Study | We
are interested in how people make snap judgments about faces. |
Open to everyone who has not previously participated in the study. | 1 hour | $10 in class or 1 departmental research credit | Barrettlab.10@gmail.com |
| Stimuli Development Study | This study that is designed to help us develop stimuli for future studies. Generally, you will be asked to rate your emotional reactions to some short film clips, and pictures. We are also trying to develop some stimuli to see how well people can see words quickly presented to them. | Open to everyone who has not previously participated in the study. | Sessions are no longer than 2 hours | $20
in cash
(or 2 departmental research credits) |
mizej@bc.edu |
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