CoBIC Proband – Ernst Struengmann Institute for Neuroscience ESI Frankfurt

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Ongoing Studies

How does the brain process visual stimuli, how does it control attention, how does it process language? In order to answer all these questions – and many more – we are frequently looking for volunteers to support us as participants in our research projects. 

Most of the experiments take place at our premises in Frankfurt-Niederrad or in the immediate neighborhood of the institute, for example at the CoBIC (Cooperative Brain Imaging Center). 

The experiments we conduct at the ESI are very diverse: some involve MRI, MEG or EEG recordings or videos, others are purely behavioral or based on questionnaires, for example. Detailed information on the studies can be found in the respective study description.

 

How to participate

Our current studies are listed below. The criteria that participants must meet are also described here. If you meet all of these requirements and are interested in participating, please register using the corresponding link for the study. We usually pay an expense allowance for participation. Please refer to the specific details for the project you have selected.

During the registration process, you also have the opportunity to express your general interest in our studies and to be included in our subject pool so that we can invite you again for future studies. You will find detailed information on the subject pool in the registration process for the individual study and in our Privacy notice for study participants.

Graphic “Ohren auf!” for the hearing study by the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI)

Former Poeppel Lab

Study on hearing
 

We are looking for participants for a study on speech perception (native language German). As part of the experiment, you will listen to speech recordings and we will measure your reaction times when classifying different speech sounds.

The appointment will take about 2 hours. You will receive an expense allowance of at least € 28 (€ 7 per half hour or part thereof).

If you are interested in participating in the study, please follow this registration link.

If you have any further questions, please contact the study director: hoerstudie[at]esi-frankfurt.de

 

Participation criteria

  • Aged 18 – 35
  • Native language: German
  • Right-handed
  • No known neurological disease or injury
  • No known hearing or speech difficulties
  • You are not currently taking any medication for a neurological or mental illness
Graphic “Subjects wanted” for studies at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI)

Rademaker Lab

Visual perception and working memory
 

In the Rademaker Lab we study how the interplay between sensation and cognition give rise to the rich experience that is human perception and how images briefly held in mind can be remembered in a robust & flexible way. We do this by using behavioral, eye-tracking, computational, and neuroimaging (fMRI and MEG/EEG) approaches.

If you are interested in participating in the study, please follow this registration link.

 

Participation criteria

  • 18 – 42 years old
  • neurologically healthy (i.e., are not currently taking any neurological or psychiatric medication)
  • not photosensitive to rapidly transitioning images
  • normal color vision

Open Positions

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