Participants wanted for brain study

Why are we somtimes able to recognize missplled wrods and simahimes not? Come to be a subject in our study to help figure out what is going on in the brain when we read spelling mistakes!

What you will be doing

We are investigating how semantic representations in the brain evolve as a function of the degree of word distortion. The study is mostly performed inside an magnetoencephalography (MEG) scanner, which (passively) measures the magnetic field generated by neurons in your brain (about 90 mins). During the MEG measurement, you will be presented with a series of visual stimuli (words and misspelled pseudowords) and you are asked to try and figure out what they mean.

We will also want a magnetic resonance image (MRI) of your head, which we will do in a separate session (about 30 mins).

To compensate you for your trouble, you will receive a gift card to the Aalto University shop of 30€!

Who qualifies for the study

Participants must be Finnish speakers, and don't have any language disorders, such as dyslexia. The subjects are also expected to be right-handed.

Participants must not have, or have a history of, psychiatric or neurological disorders (e.g., epilepsy, claustrophobia), somatic disorders, or problems in language development. Also, no metallic objects are allowed on the body (e.g. braces, pacemaker, metal prostheses).

When and where

This study will be carried out this autumn on the campus of Aalto University. If you are interested, please contact us: EMAIL_ADDRESS_HERE and we will send you more information about the study and we can agree on schedules in more details.

Thank for your possible participation in our research!

We hope to hear from you soon,

Responsible researcher:
Jiaxin You, MSc
Doctoral Candidate
tel: 0504784475
email: jiaxin.you@aalto.fi