What is it about?
A playful experiment using MEG and a gamepad
Have you ever wondered how learning a new language affects your thinking and particularly your sense of time?
This study investigates how learning a new language affects cognitive processes – especially time perception – using Magnetoencephalography (MEG).
You will learn an artificial language and complete a fun cognitive task using our MEG-compatible game controller – almost like playing a game!
What you can expect:
• One MEG session (approx. 4 hrs/about 120 min of recording)
• One MRI session (approx. 30 min)
• MEG and MRI are non-invasive methods.
Compensation:
• Two sessions in total (MEG )
• Approx. 80–90€ (10€/started 30 minutes)
• Payment is made after the final session
• MEG and MRI are non-invasive methods.
Important: Participation in both sessions is required.
If you have already taken part in a previous study with us, and we have your MRI scan on file, we can reuse it with your consent – in this case, the second appointment is not necessary.
Participation Requirements:
• Age: 18 to (including) 55 years
• Good knowledge of German and English
• Right-handed
• No hearing impairments
• No vision impairments (participation possible with contact lenses, not glasses)
• No neurological or psychiatric disorders (e.g., migraine with aura, epilepsy, depression)
• No autoimmune diseases
• No medication intake
• No claustrophobia
• No non-removable metal in or on the body (e.g., retainers, tattoos with metallic pigments, pacemakers, IUDs, defibrillators, metal plates, screws, permanent make-up)
• No implants or prostheses (e.g., shunts, stents, cochlear implants, aneurysm clips, artificial joints)
• No metal fragments in the body (e.g., from industrial work or shrapnel)
• Not pregnant
Where Will the Study Be Conducted?
If you have any questions about the study, please send an email to studien@ae.mpg.de.
To receive an invitation to the study and to select a date, please fill out the following information: