https://pittplusme.org/study/418
The Child Emotion Connectivity (ChEC) Study – Healthy Children Ages 4-7
STUDY BASICS
Are you the parent of a healthy child between the ages of 4-7? If so, your child may be able to participate in a research study to learn more about brain development in children. Participating children must be free of mental and physical disorders and must be able to complete an MRI scan. Flexible hours. Compensation and reimbursement for travel provided.
STUDY PURPOSE
Childhood is a time of rapid growth and change in the brain. The purpose of this study is to help researchers better understand how healthy children develop emotional and mental abilities. Researchers hope their findings will lead to a better understanding of child mental health in the future.COULD THIS STUDY BE RIGHT FOR YOUR CHILD?
- Healthy children ages 4-7
- No diagnosis of any mental or physical disorders
- Able to complete an MRI scan
WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT
Participation involves one 2-3 hour visit. Parents will complete questionnaires about their child’s development and everyday activities. Child participants will play computer games and have an MRI brain scan.IRB: STUDY19040178B
- The Child Brain Development Study
MEET THE RESEARCHER
Susan Perlman
Susan Perlman, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. A specialist in researching the development of emotions, Dr. Perlman is the director of the Laboratory for Child Brain Development. She received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002 in Psychology and her M.A. (2006) and Ph.D. (2009) from Duke University in Developmental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. She is primarily interested in the neural underpinnings of the development of emotion regulation in young children including trajectories of abnormal emotion regulation and related psychopathology.
MEET THE COORDINATOR
Lisa Tilford
Lisa M. Bemis is the Lab Manager of the Biodynamics Lab and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.