
Seeking professional musicians
The Penhune Lab from Concordia University is recruiting professionally trained musicians aged 18 to 35 for a study investigating the effects of the age at the start of training on auditory-motor synchronization. Musicians must currently be practicing their instrument or voice, have at least 3 years of formal training, and at least 10 years of overall experience. Testing takes place at the Montreal Neurological Institute over 2 sessions, and you will be paid $150 for your participation. For more information, please contact psychology.musicstudy [at] gmail.com
Call for participants - Study on societal issues
Feeling like sharing your ideas about societal issues? You’re in luck, we are looking for participants aged 18 and over. You’d be asked to complete some questionnaires and to take part in a one-on-one discussion about current topics at the Université de Montréal.
Contact us at polabsync [at] gmail.com and come meet us at Brams!
Details here
Participants needed - video games and cognitive functions
You are interested in the impact of a 30-minute video game session on your rhythmic skills and cognitive functions?
We are currently seeking healthy adult participants for a study requiring coming once to BRAMS Laboratory for ~2.5 hours. Participants will receive $20 to compensate for their time and commute.
If you are interested, feel free to contact Clara Ziane (clara.ziane [at] umontreal.ca or 514-343-2498 #3510).
Where is Bach? Listen to music and guess where it comes from
We are looking for non-musician volunteers to participate in our experiment about music perception and ability to localise sounds in space.
Compensation: 60 CAD
Duration: about 3 hours
For more details see
posterzh.pdf.
Contact us at: zofia.anna.holubowska [at] umontreal.ca
Call for Participants – Effects of Music and Mindfulness on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure
We are recruiting healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 75 with normal blood pressure for a study examining how listening to music and practicing guided mindfulness affect blood pressure and heart rate. The study takes place at the Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry and involves a single visit of approximately 3 hours. Compensation of up to $40 will be provided. For more information and to check your eligibility, please fill out this form. For any questions, contact the study coordinators, Beth and Léopold, at elizabeth.misener [at] mail.mcgill.ca and leopold.pelagie [at] mail.mcgill.ca.
Speakers who learned both English and French at home
The Neurolinguistics Lab of the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders is looking for speakers who grew up in a home where BOTH English AND French were spoken for different electroencephalography (EEG) studies.
Main selection criteria for the studies include:
— Having been exposed to BOTH French AND English at home during childhood (even if you are not fluent in both);
— Aged between 18 and 40;
— Being right-handed;
— Not being able to have a conversation in a third language;
— No diagnosis of language or learning disability, and no neuropsychological disorders;
— Normal hearing.
If you are interested in participating or for more information, please contact Annie at baumlab.speech.perception [at] gmail.com. Note that depending on eligibility criteria, you might be invited to participate in two experiments within the 3h period and get twice the $ compensation!