Audiovisual Learning Research Study

STUDY BASICS

Are you a healthy adult 18-30 years old? You may be eligible for a research study on how we learn visual motion and sounds. This study involves either 1 or 7 sessions (45-120 minutes/session, hybrid). Compensation is provided.

STUDY PURPOSE

We often learn information that is irrelevant to what we are paying attention to. For example, we sometimes learn sounds or images that are unrelated to a task that we are doing. Why do we learn this irrelevant information? Is there a difference in this learning for visual movement or for sounds?

For this study, we will examine differences between learning irrelevant information in vision and in hearing. You will be asked whether sounds increased or decreased in pitch. You will also be asked whether some dots moved left or right. Depending on when you join the study, you might be invited to do seven sessions of training. The results will help understand how we learn sounds and visual motion that we are not paying attention to.

COULD THIS STUDY BE RIGHT FOR YOU?

Adults 18-30 years old that have:

• No hearing difficulties
• No vision difficulties (glasses or contacts are okay!)
• No difficulties related to attention
• No history of head injury or neurological conditions

WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT

Either 1 or 7 sessions (45-120 minutes/session, hybrid)

• Sessions 1 and 7 take about 90 minutes each to finish and will require you to travel to our lab in-person to complete.
• Sessions 2-6 take about 45 minutes each to finish and can be done online.