Roanoke Brain Study — Jumping to Attributions

The Human Neuroimaging Laboratory (HNL) at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is seeking healthy volunteers, ages 18-85 for the Roanoke Brain Study.  The Roanoke Brain Study is a large-scale project where subjects will be able to contribute to state-of-the art brain research on how people make decisions. Volunteers will be asked to participate in one or more tasks at the HNL. Additional follow-up visits may be offered to some of the subjects participating in the study.

Volunteers will complete at least one task related to decision-making behavior, and may complete questionnaires. Volunteers will play simple video games, watch patterns of light on a screen, read short stories or receive small squirts of juice in their mouth while seated in an office room at a computer or while they lie in a magnetic resonance imaging scanner (MRI scanner), and their brain is scanned.

Compensation will be about $20-$30 per visit. Volunteers will sit at a computer (in an office space or behavior booth) in the HNL, or lie still in the MRI scanner for up to one hour at a time while they play a game, watch patterns, read short stories, interact with another person, or receive squirts of juice. The amount earned will be based on the time at the lab ($20 per hour), up to a maximum of $40. By participating, you will be contributing to our understanding of how the brain responds to patterns and rewards and how it makes decisions. It is also hoped that this will lead to a better understanding of important decision behavior and how it may change over the course of our lives. Volunteers may be taking medication for medical reasons, but must not be taking illegal drugs. No drugs will be given in this study. Total time for each visit will be between 1 and 2 hours.

Please contact Rachel Silver at signup@vtc.vt.edu if you are interested in participating! 

VT IRB #10-893