Currently seeking volunteers

We are currently seeking volunteers for the following studies:

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BIPEN project

Research on the structure and function of the brain associated with persuasion in bilingual speakers

Requirements:

• Czech-English late bilingual speakers living in the Czech Republic, i.e.:
  • native speakers of Czech, raised monolingually
  • Began learning English at the age of 5 or later
  • Have a conversational level of English
• Right-handed
• Aged 18 or older
• No contraindications for MRI examination
• No psychological or neurological disorders
• No developmental language or speech disorders (e.g., dyslexia)
• No visual impairment that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses

Description: The study involves a single visit during which you will undergo an MRI scan. During the MRI, you will perform simple tasks. The entire session, including preparation, will take approximately 1.5 hours.

Reward: You will have the option to receive anatomical images of your brain and financial compensation.

Contact: eva.tichomirovova@med.muni.cz (For faster communication, you may include your phone number in your email.​)​

DISON project

Memory association bias of social networks in the medial temporal lobe

Requirements:

• Right-handed only
• Age 18–40
• No contraindications for MRI (claustrophobia, pacemaker)
• No developmental language or speech disorders and/or dyslexia
• No visual impairments that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses

Description: This is a single visit during which you will undergo an MRI scan. During the MRI scan, you will perform a simple task. You will also complete a computer task and a short questionnaire. The entire session, including preparation, will take approximately 2 hours.

Reward: Financial compensation for your time, and optionally, images of your brain.

Contact: michaela.vanharova@ceitec.muni.cz

​EAT-COG project

Body image distortion in anorexia

Requirements:

• Women aged 13-17
• Normal weight, no history of eating disorders
• No contraindications to MRI examination (claustrophobia, fixed braces, etc.)
• Czech or Slovak only

Description: We are looking for healthy participants for the control group. You will undergo a one-time magnetic resonance imaging scan (30 min) and fill out a few short questionnaires. The entire visit will take approximately one hour.

Reward: The opportunity to obtain images of your brain.

Contact: petra.zemankova@ceitec.muni.cz

LANG-LBD  project

Sentence comprehension problems and modifying therapy with non-invasive brain stimulation

Requirements:

• 60-80 years old
• Right-handed
• Czech as native language
• People with Parkinson's disease
• No color blindness

Description: There will be three visits. During the first visit, you will undergo speech and writing recording (10 minutes), neuropsychological examination (30 minutes), and magnetic resonance imaging (30 minutes). The second and third visits consist of an MRI scan (30 minutes), non-invasive brain stimulation (20 minutes), a follow-up MRI scan (30 minutes), and a blood sample collection. 

Reward: Financial remuneration for participation and the opportunity to obtain images of your brain or a summary of the results of your cognitive function tests.

Contact: lubomira.novakova@ceitec.muni.cz​

MEDISON project

Cognitive modeling of cognitive processes in a mediated society

Requirements:

• Aged 20–45
• Right-handed only
• Native Czech speakers
• People diagnosed with ADHD
• No mental or neurological disorders, not taking psychotropic drugs (except for ADHD)
• No contraindications for MRI (claustrophobia, pacemaker)

Description: There will be a total of three visits. During the first visit (approx. 4 hours), you will undergo a detailed neuropsychological examination, magnetic resonance imaging, and electroencephalography (EEG), during which you will perform simple tasks. The same tasks in magnetic resonance imaging and EEG will be presented during the second and third visits, which will take place several weeks apart.

Reward: Financial remuneration for participation and the opportunity to obtain images of your brain or a summary of the results of your cognitive functions.

Contact: neurosib@ceitec.muni.cz (For faster communication, please provide your telephone number.)

NeuroSIB project

Neurocognitive bases of social cognition and interpersonal behaviour

Requirements:

• male and female
• 20 - 45 years old
• right-handed only
• Czech as a first language
• no psychiatric or neurological difficulties, also not taking psychopharmaceuticals
• no contraindications to MRI (claustrophobia, pacemaker)

Description: this is two visits per week. During the first visit (about 3.5 hours) you will undergo a neuropsychological examination and an MRI scan during which you will perform simple tasks. The second visit will be together with another participant who will be examined by MRI at the same time as you and you will perform the tasks together (about 2.5 hours).

Reward: a financial reward for participation and the opportunity to receive images of your brain or a summary of your cognitive performance.

Contact: neurosib@ceitec.muni.cz

PREPI project

Multimodal approach to predicting seizure-free outcomes after epilepsy surgery

Requirements:

• aged 20–45
• right-handed and left-handed
• no mental or neurological disorders, no use of psychotropic drugs
• no contraindications to MRI (claustrophobia, pacemaker)

• Czech or Slovak only

Description: We are looking for healthy participants for the control group. You will undergo a one-time magnetic resonance imaging examination lasting approximately 1.5 hours, including preparation.

Reward: Financial remuneration for participation and the opportunity to obtain images of your brain.

Contact: david.ulcak@ceitec.muni.cz​

SUPOSA project

Multimodal MRI imaging in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

Requirements:

• men and women
• 40 - 65 years old
• without psychological and neurological problems (stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, neuroinfection, craniotrauma), also not taking psychopharmaceuticals
• without contraindications to MRI (claustrophobia, pacemaker)
• without known sleep disorder

• Czech or Slovak only

Description: This is an all-night polysomnography examination in the sleep laboratory of the Brno University Hospital with completion of questionnaires (demographic data + sleepiness). You will also undergo a brain MRI and neuropsychological examination at CEITEC (approx. 2,5 hours).

Reward: a CD with anatomical images of your brain and the results of the examination.

Contact: kokosova.viktoria@fnbrno.cz

STUBO project

Using virtual reality to study body ownership

Requirements:

• men and women

• Czech or Slovak only

Description: This is a one-time visit during which you will try out virtual reality. The entire visit, including preparation, will not exceed 1.5 hours.

Remuneration: Financial compensation for your time.

Contact: d.antos@mail.muni.cz