Male Volunteers Needed For Research: NZ$80 voucher will be offered
We are looking for healthy male adults to help us to understand individual neurobiological differences in response to negative or positive comments.
To be eligible for the study, you need to
Have a close relative (e.g. parent, sibling, or partner) with whom in contact for at least 10 hours weekly in person or via the phone
Without
intake of antibiotics (within the previous 3 months), regular intake of psychotropic or anti-inflammatory drugs, major surgery (within the previous 3 months), major physical illnesses including gastrointestinal, inflammatory or autoimmune diseases, and personal history of diagnosed psychiatric and neurological disorder or substance use disorder.
You will be asked to come to our lab three times and each visit will take about 90 minutes. During each visit, you will complete an assessment that involves: 1) questionnaires, 2) listing to auditory comments; 3) saliva samples, and 4) an assessment of the electrical activity of your brain (EEG). All testing will take place in the Psychology Department, AUT North Shore campus.
NZ$80 voucher in total will be offered to acknowledge your participation
This study was approved by the AUT Ethics Committee on 19/231
Interested? Please contact: Mark, 0204 163 9417 or Grace, gwang@aut.ac.nz
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Let's see who's the neighbourhood Einstein is!
I am a five-letter word, yet if you remove my first, third, and last letter, I still sound the same. What am I?
Do you think you know the answer to our daily riddle? Don't spoil it for your neighbours! Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm.
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Poll: Is it rude to take a full trolley to self-checkout?
Luckily self-checkout is being pretty common in supermarkets these days and we generally use it to quickly buy a few things without the long lines. But perhaps it's appropriate to head there with your full trolley to skip the lines?
What are your thoughts? Is that rude?
Share in the comments below if this has ever happened to you.
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52.4% Yes!
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44.2% Nah, it's okay
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3.4% Other - I'll share below!
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Poll: Have you ever had a scary flight?
A plane flying from Christchurch to Wellington on Sunday had smoke billowing out of the engine and upon landing, passengers had to open the emergency exit and jump out. Have you had any scary flying experiences?
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54.9% Yes!
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45.1% No, it's always been smooth flying