03/13/2019
**For current UC Merced students only**
Available time slots for next Monday & Tuesday (3/18 & 3/19)
We are looking for participants for a paid TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) study. If you participate in this study, you will undergo TMS, a brief, safe but somewhat uncomfortable procedure in which a targeted brain region is temporarily influenced by magnetic brain stimulation. Specifically, the stimulation procedure takes 40 seconds, and some individuals find this brief experience to be somewhat uncomfortable as it can cause scalp muscles to contract.
The pre- screening and experiment will take 1 hour and you will receive $15 and 2 SONA credits. Please see detailed description below to see if you pass the pre-screening for this study. If you would like to participate but would first like to hear more about how TMS works or have any other questions, please contact the researcher [email protected]
You may participate if you cannot answer yes to any of the questions below:
1. Are you younger than 18 years old?
2. Do you have a pacemaker or intracardiac lines?
3. Do you have any metal/electrical/magnetic objects implanted in your body except dental fillings?
4. Do you have an implanted neurostimulator (e.g. DBS, epidural/subdural, VNS)?
5. Are you or could you possibly be pregnant?
6. Do you have any major medical problems or unstable medical problems?
7. Do you have any history of neurological or psychiatric illness?
8. Have you had any head injury or head surgery?
9. Do you have any poorly controlled migraine headaches?
10. Do you or any blood relatives (grandparent, parent, aunt/uncle, sibling, self) have a history of a seizure disorder? If so, please circle all relations that apply.
11. Have you ever had a convulsion or a seizure?
12. Have you had unusual responses, such as fainting, when you go to the hospital or get blood drawn?
13. Have you ever had a fainting spell or syncope (passing out)?
14. Have you ever have a surgical procedure to your spinal cord?
15. Do you have spinal or ventricular derivations?
16. Do you have a medication infusion device?
17. Do you have atypical hearing?
18. Do you have any hearing problems or ringing in your ears?
19. Are you dominantly left handed or ambidextrous?
20. Do you have any metal on your body (watch or jewelry, hair holders or pins, eye glasses, body piercings, wallet, keys)? NOT a disqualifier, but if so, you will need to remove for the duration of the experiment.
21. Are you unable to see clearly without glasses (contacts are fine)?
