UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

CONSENT TO ACT AS A RESEARCH SUBJECT

Hal Pashler, Ph.D. and his colleagues are conducting a research study to explore factors associated with learning and memory. You are a possible participant in this study if you are at least 18 years of age, and are a native speaker of English (i.e., English is your first language).

PROCEDURES. If you volunteer to participate in this study, we would ask you to study a set of paintings by various artists, with the aim of identifying the style of each artist. After that, your ability to categorize new paintings according to their artists will be tested. The whole study should take no more than about 30 minutes.

POTENTIAL RISKS AND DISCOMFORTS. There are no known risks associated with this research other than the potential for mild boredom or fatigue.

POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO SUBJECTS AND/OR TO SOCIETY. This research may shed some light on human learning.

REWARD FOR PARTICIPATION. Upon completion of this study, you will be eligible for a lottery to win one of two $50 Amazon.com gift e-certificates.

CONFIDENTIALITY. The test performance data collected in this study are entirely anonymous -- no personally identifying information such as email address will be associated with your responses/performance. If you wish to be entered into the lottery (described earlier) after you complete the study, you will be asked to provide your email address so that the prize can be sent to you if you are the winner. However, this information will not be in any way linked to your performance during the study.

PARTICIPATION AND WITHDRAWAL. This study is entirely voluntary. If you volunteer to be in this study, you may end your participation at any time without consequences of any kind. You can simply end your participation by rerouting your web browser to another website or closing your web browser when the study is in progress. The investigator may withdraw you from this research if circumstances arise which warrant doing so. Completion of the registration process will constitute consent to participate in the research study.

IDENTIFICATION OF INVESTIGATORS. If you have any questions or concerns about the research, please feel free to contact the Project Director:

Michael Casale, Ph.D.
Dept. of Psychology #0109
UC San Diego
Email: mcasale[at]gmail[dot]edu
Tel: 858-822-1840

RIGHTS. You may withdraw your consent at any time and discontinue participation without penalty. You may call the UCSD Human Research Protection Program at 858-455-5055 to ask about your rights as a research subject or to report research-related problems.

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