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Now recruiting master's students for Fall 2025!
NOTE: THIS STUDY IS NOT YET OPEN. CHECK BACK SOON!
Description: Join our two session study investigating the relationship between brain connectivity and cognitive reserve, as influenced by cardiovascular health, using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).
Session 1: You will be asked to complete questionnaires regarding demographic and health information, physical activity levels, language history, and cognitive performance, reserve, and subjective decline.
Session 2: You will be asked to collect resting-state heart rate by staying still for a short period of time (approximately five minutes) followed by the completion of a cognitive task, all while wearing the fNIRS cap to collect brain images and physiological data.
Eligibility and Exclusion:
Participants should be healthy adults either between the ages of 18-25 or age 60 or older.
If you are between the ages of 18 and 25, you must register through the Carleton Cognitive Science or Psychology SONA systems.
Risks: This study involves completing cognitive tasks, some of which are intentionally designed to be challenging. As a result, you may experience frustration or distress if you perceive your performance to be inadequate.
Duration and Locale:
Session 1: 50 minutes online.
Session 2: 70 minutes at Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6.
Compensation:
If you are a Carleton student recruited through the Cognitive Science or Psychology SONA, you will receive 0.5% course credit for Session 1 and 1% course credit for Session 2.
If you are an older adult not recruited through SONA, you will be paid $20 for Session 1 and $20 for Session 2.
Lead Researcher: Leah Durham Principal Investigator: John A.E. Anderson Ph.D., Supervisor
This project was reviewed and cleared by the Carleton University Research Ethics Board-B (Protocol # 123013). If you have ethical concerns with the study, please contact Carleton University Research Ethics: (613) 520-2600 ext. 2517, email: ethics@carleton.ca.
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