The different effects of genre-based writing instruction and integration of technology use in genre-based writing instruction will be examined. The specific genre for this study is a research paper. Different patterns of instructor-learner interaction in both instructional situations will also be investigated.

There will be three in-person visits for instructions on academic writing. Pre- and Post-instructions questionnaires and reflective journals will be collected.

This project will use fMRI to examine changes in the brain related to behavioral therapy outcomes in persons with aphasia. We aim to recruit twenty persons with aphasia. Each participant will receive 4 MRI scans. Between scan 1 and scan 2, no therapy will be provided (10 week break). Between scan 2 and scan 3, ten weeks of word finding therapy will be provided. Between scan 3 and scan 4, no therapy will be provided (10 week break). The therapy used is abstract word retrieval training. The results of this project will help inform rehabilitation practices in aphasia.

There will be 4 fMRI scans. After the first and third fMRI scans, there will be an assessment. After the second fMRI scan, there will be 10 weeks of treatment.

$460

This study investigates whether persons with aphasia understand and process sentences with vernacular features in a manner similar to more typical populations. Participants will rate sentences on their naturalness and on whether they make sense, and they will also read sentences while we track their eye movements.

We are interested in what adults notice about stimuli that are presented to them. These stimuli typically consist of novel objects, abstract images, or made-up words.

We are interested in how adults understand language, and how this changes across the lifespan. Participants will complete paper and pencil tasks, computer-based tasks, and we will monitor how they move their eyes.

In this study, we are studying how listeners use information in spoken language to anticipate upcoming information. We study this in typical listening conditions (e.g., when others are speaking simultaneously).

In a single visit lasting between 60 ~ 90 minutes, you will be asked to listen to speech played over headphones and verify/click on the pictures on the screen if they are mentioned. While you do so, your gaze behavior will be tracked. At the end, we will ask you questions about your general language history and complete answer some simple questions about words and sentences.

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This study will examine via ethnographic observation the Story feature on social media. Participants will be asked to provide their Snapchat or Instagram username and must be willing to let the researcher observe the Stories that they post. The primary aims are to illuminate how and why people are using the Story feature on social media, and to analyze how this feature is changing how we relate to and understand the world around us.

The purpose of this study is (1) to understand how the brain processes sensory information and (2) how this is affected by factors like blindness or synesthesia.

Participants will complete simple online tasks, for example judging differences in auditory pitch; processing visual and auditory stimuli in congruent and incongruent pairings; rating the sound-symbolic properties of either real words, pseudowords, or both; or discriminating between two stimuli on the basis of their structural properties over a change in their surface properties, and vice versa.

Amount varies depending on the study

Tongue movement in adults with motor speech disorder

Hormones are molecules that deliver signals throughout the body. They influence behavior, sleep, hunger, stress, and virtually all other aspects of life. This study seeks to better understand several of these functions, specifically how hormones affect specific aspects of human behavior and psychology, as well as speech production. Following an initial lab visit, subjects will participate in the remainder of the study (~5 weeks) at home via the internet. On a daily basis, they will collect urine samples for hormone analysis, saliva samples for analysis of oral micro-organisms, and will submit voice samples for analysis of speech (e.g. measuring voice pitch and loudness). They will then complete an online survey designed to collect information about their behavior, and attitudes over the previous 24 hours. Subjects receive compensation for their participation.

- Pre-sampling lab visit to sign a consent form and receive training- A series of ~42 daily at-home sample (urine, saliva) collection & online surveys- Weekly lab visits for sample dropoff- The expected amount of time for participating in the study is 12 hours and 30 minutes in total (~5 to 6 weeks).

$212

This is an interview study that will examine how people with and without ADHD tell stories. Eligible participants will be asked to attend a virtual televisit where they will tell three stories according to prompts given by study staff. We are recruiting both men and women for this study so we can determine if gender affects storytelling ability.

There will be one virtual visit on Zoom lasting approximately one hour. Participants will complete eligibility questionnaires, then eligible participants will be asked to tell three stories based on prompts from an investigator and complete one additional questionnaire.

$15

The purpose of this study is to assess if healthy adults speak at a consistent speaking rate when asked to read a standard passage or answer an open ended prompt.

There will be 2 visits that each take approximately 20 minutes. We will meet in person or via Zoom. At each visit you will be asked to read three paragraphs and answer some open ended questions/prompts.

The concreteness effect is the finding that individuals are faster and more efficient at processing concrete words (e.g., "dog") than abstract words (e.g., "wisdom"). The study will investigate the presence and strength of the concreteness effect in neurologically intact older adults. This data will be used as a control comparison for a group of people with aphasia, a language disorder that commonly results from left hemisphere stroke.

Participants will be asked to complete language and cognition tests that measure attention, memory, problem solving, and language processing on the computer. Participants will be asked to complete two Zoom sessions, each lasting approximately 1.5 hours.

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Sound symbolism is the idea that the sound of a word alone can convey its meaning. Aphasia is a language impairment, occurring most often as a result of a stroke. There is some evidence that sound-symbolic language is preserved in stroke patients. Studies in this protocol will investigate the extent to which this is so, and whether sound-symbolic language could be a rehabilitation strategy for aphasia.

We will ask you to listen to real words and non-words and make judgements about them. We may also ask you to complete some tests of language ability. The total time commitment may be up to four hours but will be split into two sessions.

Amount varies depending on the study

The purpose of this study is to survey hearing aid users over a 6 month time period to see if their music perception improves over time.

Study participants will complete surveys about their music experience four times: first at your initial clinic visit and then sent to your email at 1, 3, and 6 months following your visit. This survey will include questions about the participants experience with music as well as name, age, gender, and duration of hearing aid use.

This research study is being done to understand how different techniques for practicing sentences are affected by healthy aging. This will help us create better language therapy for people with aphasia.

There will be one visit. It can be in-person or over Zoom. We will ask you to fill out a questionnaire about yourself, complete a brief cognitive assessment, and complete a sentence production task. This visit should only last about 90 minutes.

up to $15

The purpose of this study is to examine how various factors, such as the acoustics of the environment and background noise, affect the understanding of speech.

Researchers in the Graduate Program in Acoustics are looking for participants for a study related to speech intelligibility and room acoustics. The experiment will take approximately 1.5-2 hours of your time. The experiment will consist of listening to sentences and transcribing them under different acoustic and noise conditions. Your head movement will also be measured through a motion sensor. The compensation for your voluntary participation is a $25 Amazon gift card.

$25 Amazon gift card