Sleep, memory, and interoceptive awareness

This project is closed. No applications are allowed.

This project explores how individual differences in sleep quality and interoceptive awareness, or the ability to monitor one's internal body, contribute to neural activity supporting emotional memory across the adult lifespan. Research assistants will work with graduate students on all aspects of subject recruitment and testing, data collection, and analysis. Very involved students will have the chance to work on publications and receive authorship credit. 

Qualifications

Professionalism, maturity, punctuality, work ethic, computer skills, enthusiasm for working with older adults, programming skills a plus

Project Timeline

We are looking for students who can begin as early as March 2022 and can volunteer over the summer.

Duties

Help with screening and recruiting subjects over the phone and by email, scheduling subjects, meeting and testing subjects on memory tasks in the lab, collecting neuroimaging data, communicating with graduate students, and helping with data analysis.  

Typical Time Commitment
At least 9 hours/week
Desired Length of Commitment
2 semesters, minimum

I'M INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT. WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT?

The Office of Undergraduate Research recommends that you attend an info session or advising before contacting faculty members or project contacts about research opportunities. We'll cover the steps to get involved, tips for contacting faculty, funding possibilities, and options for course credit. Once you have attended an Office of Undergraduate Research info session or spoken to an advisor, you can use the "Who to contact" details for this project to get in touch with the project leader and express your interest in getting involved.

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