Male Volunteers Needed For Research: NZ$80 voucher will be offered
We are looking for healthy male adults to help us to understand individual neurobiological differences in response to negative or positive comments.
To be eligible for the study, you need to
Have a close relative (e.g. parent, sibling, or partner) with whom in contact for at least 10 hours weekly in person or via the phone
Without
intake of antibiotics (within the previous 3 months), regular intake of psychotropic or anti-inflammatory drugs, major surgery (within the previous 3 months), major physical illnesses including gastrointestinal, inflammatory or autoimmune diseases, and personal history of diagnosed psychiatric and neurological disorder or substance use disorder.
You will be asked to come to our lab three times and each visit will take about 90 minutes. During each visit, you will complete an assessment that involves: 1) questionnaires, 2) listing to auditory comments; 3) saliva samples, and 4) an assessment of the electrical activity of your brain (EEG). All testing will take place in the Psychology Department, AUT North Shore campus.
NZ$80 voucher in total will be offered to acknowledge your participation
This study was approved by the AUT Ethics Committee on 19/231
Interested? Please contact: Mark, 0204 163 9417 or Grace, gwang@aut.ac.nz
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