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Participants needed for 成人VR视频's Brain Imaging Research Study on Child Cognitive Development.
We are looking for children between 5 and 17 years of age to participate in our brain imaging study. We are interested in how the brain learns new information and processes social information in neurotypical children and children on the Autism spectrum. Children will be given several cognitive assessments, and undergo an MRI/MEG session during which they will watch short movies and complete short tasks.
Our participants have thoroughly enjoyed their experiences and looking at the pictures of their own brain! In addition to the cool brain pictures and several prizes, participants receive the merits of being a 成人VR视频 Young Scientist and much unconditional praise. Participants are paid for their time ($30/hr) and reimbursed for parking.听The study takes up to four hours (two sessions).
To make the MRI visit easier for young participants, we provide the following resources:
1. Pictures of the mock scanner.
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2.听A story called 鈥淛ack's MRI adventure鈥� with pictures of an MRI scanner and MRI sounds can be found at this . Young participants can read the story and practice lying still with the MRI sounds to help them prepare for the brain scan.
3.听A child-friendly cartoon video about getting an MRI can be found at this . This video can also help young participants become accustomed to the brain scan.
4. More information on our study.
visual_schedule.pdf
INTERESTED? Please contact us at chailab.mni [at] mcgill.ca.
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To open the 3D brain image:
1. Download the image (ending in ".nii") to your local computer.
2. Download a tool called "mricron"听(runs on Mac and Window and Linux)听from:听
- Click on the box next to "download now", choose the correct version (mac or windows), and click on the green download arrow 鈥傗�傗�傗��
- Click on the downloaded file to install mricron on your computer
3. Open听mricron,听 听go to file-> open-> and click on the 3D .nii file from step 1 (or double-click the downloaded .nii听file).听
You are now ready to click on different places on the images to look everywhere in the brain!
