You are invited to participate in a research study about emotional response and older age. The purpose of this study is to determine how the emotional responses of older adults, aged 65 and older, relate to thinking abilities. Participants watch videos, complete questionnaires, and engage in brief cognitive testing. Participants must be accompanied by a companion, who will complete two brief questionnaires. Appointments are at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and last up to 2 hours.

The Infant Cognition Lab is seeking infant participants age 11–12 and 18–24 months-old for a study investigating how infants think about faces.

Participants can be seen at one of two locations, the UMass Amherst Infant Cognition Lab or at the UMass Center, Tower Square, Springfield, MA.

Infants will watch a fun puppet show and complete a reaching task using characters with different faces.

The Cognition and Action Lab at UMass Amherst is recruiting children (6 - 9 years of age) for a study assessing the effects of sleep on behavior in children with ADHD.

• Children will wear a watch to monitor sleep for 10-days
• For 5 days of the study, your child will follow their normal sleep routine
• For the other 5 days of the study, your child will go to bed 1.5 hours earlier than they normally do
• There will be approximately 1 week between these 5-day periods
• At the end of these 5 day testing periods, you and your child will participate in 2 overnight visits at our sleep lab located on campus
• During these overnight visits, children will complete a computer task and wear sleep-recording sensors to measure sleep physiology during overnight sleep

If you and your child choose to participate, you are free to withdraw anytime. Eligible children should have diagnosed ADHD, no other developmental disorders or sleep disorders, sleep ≤ 10 hours/night, have a bedtime after 8pm (on average) and have normal, or corrected to normal vision.

This study examines physiological, behavioral, and self-reported aspects of how people engage with and understand interactions between groups. Participants will complete a 45 minute visit to our lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Before the lab visit, we will assess your eligibility for the in-lab study with a short Qualtrics survey. Please complete this short 3 minute survey to determine your eligibility. If you are ineligible, you will receive notice within 24 hours. If you are eligible, you will be emailed an invitation code and will watch short clips of documentary footage, answer questions related to it, and discuss the footage with another participant in lab. If you are determined to be ineligible, your data will be immediately destroyed after we notify you of your ineligibility. If you are deemed eligible, your data will become part of the study record, although it will be stored separately from your responses on the main study so that your email is kept separate from any of your data from the actual study, keeping your responses in the main study confidential. We will also measure how your body responds during these tasks. You must be above the age of 18. You will receive up to 2 SONA credit for completing the in lab portion of the study.

***To take the eligibility survey (takes only 3 minutes), click the link below***

Link: https://umassamherst.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bxci6Ux9L5jAFP7

Your eye movements will be monitored while you read sentences presented on a computer monitor.

We Are Looking For
Healthy older adults (age: 50-85) without a previous history of psychiatric or neurological disorder.

What We Study?
We study the motor behaviors of Parkinson’s patients. You will be participating as a healthy control participant. In the lab you will perform a computer task involving button presses as well as an assessment of motor and cognitive abilities. The entire session will last 90-minutes.

Participants
You will receive a minimum of $15 as well as a $1-5 bonus based on your performance on each testing day for participation. Plus, you will contribute to understanding the pathophysiology of Parkinson’s Disease.

Location
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Neuro-Learning & Performance Lab