Participate in our studies
We are always in need of subjects in our ongoing programs of research. If you would like to participate in any of our studies, please email the person identified as the primary contact for the particular study you are interested in. We thank you for your interest.
| Study | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volleyball |
We are looking for participants to take part in either an in-person or online study, where we are interested in anticipation in people with competitive experience (above high school) playing volleyball. If you are interested, please email:... |
Tianna Chang |
Open | |
| High-Performance Coach Survey on Perceptual-Cognitive Skills Assessment & Training |
If you would like to take part in our study and you are a high performance coach, we would love to have your input. |
Nicola Hodges |
Closed | |
| JugglingConfidence_Online |
In this experiment, we are particularly interested in the effects of motor imagery when we have been watching someone else perform a task. We are interested in whether or not motor imagery might provide us with an idea of our own abilities of the... |
Carrie Peters/Nicola Hodges |
Open | |
| Practice variability in motor skill learning |
• Female participants needed for a UBC study looking at how variations in practice conditions affect motor learning. Participants will practice relatively simple motor skills using a computer keyboard. A $16.75/hr honorarium will be provided for... |
Georgia Grieve |
Closed | |
| Famous Faces in Focus: Athlete Portraits and Motor Embodiment |
Participants are needed for a UBC study to investigate the influences of perception on our own motor system. In this research study, we examine motor responses to famous athletes. This study is being run in the Motor Skills Lab in the School of... |
Dusty Fox |
Open | |
| Visuo-motor adaptation |
In this experiment we are studying how people learn to perform aiming movements in virtual environments. Testing takes ~1 hour and you will receive a $15 honorarium for participation. You need to be over 18 years and right hand dominant. If you... |
Dusty |
Open | |
| Investigating imagery representations associated with physical and visual experience |
Participants are needed for a UBC study to investigate how different experiences contribute to brain activations during different types of imagery. Participants will undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before and after practicing a... |
Matthew Scott |
Closed | |
| Action error and observation in aiming movements |
Watching someone else perform can help us learn and/or alert us to errors. We are interested in how watching actions of others impacts on processes related to performance and learning. In this research study, you will be asked to reach towards... |
Carrie Peters |
Open | |
| Visual-motor experience and motor imagery in hand gestures |
This is a motor learning study where we are studying how the motor imagery processes are impacted by different types of experience seeing and performing novel hand gestures. In this study, you will watch and/or imagine or physically practice hand... |
Carrie Peters |
Closed | |
| Action observation in golf putting |
Watching someone else perform can help us learn and/or alert us to errors. We are interested in how watching actions of others impacts on processes related to performance and learning. In this research study, you will be asked to practice a golf... |
Carrie Peters |
Closed | |
| Investigating cognitive processes (online study) |
Participants required for an ONLINE international collaboration project involving people in sports sciences, kinesiology and psychology; exploring cognitive processes Participation involves providing some basic information about yourself... |
Matthew Scott |
Closed | |
| Pathways Projects Girls Soccer |
We are excited to (re)launch our "Girls' and Women's Soccer Pathways" project after some delays in roll-out as a result of COVID 19. This study has been designed to learn more about the paths and reasons for continued participation and success in... |
Carrie Peters/ Nicola Hodges |
Closed | |
| Individual versus shared practice for the learning of a polyrhythm task |
This is a motor learning study where we are studying how people learn together. For this task individuals or pairs will just perform tapping movements in time with a metronome to practice rhythmic sequences (ethics, # H15-00925-A013). |
Matthew Scott |
Closed | |
| Practice scheduling in pairs |
We are looking for participants WHO DO NOT HAVE GOLF EXPERIENCE to come into the Motor Skills Lab for a study looking at the learning and practice of a golf-related skill. You must be right handed. Some conditions are conducted alone and some... |
Matthew Scott |
Closed | |
| Technique Change Survey: Coaches, S&C, Athletic Therapists |
Coaches, therapists, S&Cs: Does your role involve changing technique? If yes, we want to hear from you! We have launched a survey-based study to evaluate when and how methods of technique change are applied in adult sport-settings. Joe... |
Joe Vecchione |
Closed | |
| Baseball Anticipation Study |
ONLINE RESEARCH STUDY... PITCH DISCRIMINATION IN BASEBALL In this research we want to know how and when skills... |
Georgia Grieve |
Closed | |
| Online study on dyad learning (through partnership with University of Toronto) |
Participants needed for an online study investigating social motor learning The Action & Attention Laboratory at the University of Toronto is recruiting participants for an online study investigating the impact of a social environment... |
Cindy |
Closed | |
| Visual anticipation LEFT HANDERS |
This is a motor learning study where we are studying how the learning process affects subsequent visual perceptions. In this study, you will practice throwing darts at a dartboard and /or observing others throw darts (ethics, H10-01346... |
Minghao Ma |
Closed | |
| Darts and skill-based progressions |
We are looking for patricipants who have not played darts to take part in a learning study looking at task difficulty progressions. Inclusion: Adults with perfect or corrected vision, between ages 19-50 (or 18-50 for students at... |
Nicola Hodges |
Closed | |
| Developmental Football Activities |
We are conducting research to study how the training activities of youth soccer players impacts on the development of soccer-related skills and markers of long-term engagement. If you are a parent, coach or player who might potentially be... |
David Hendry |
Closed |
