Participant recruitment for LING-2021-10-01, January 2025

Jan 17, 2025 • Yiling Huo • Reading time: 2 minutes

【Mandarin Chinese speakers wanted】Eye-tracking experiment recruiting

Please read the descriptions carefully before booking

• Study type: standard in-lab study
• Duration: 50min
• Compensation: £9
• Location: Chandler House, UCL, WC1N 1PF
• UCL Ethics Committee Approval Code: LING-2021-10-01
• Booking page: BOOK HERE (Please note that your appointment may be cancelled if you do not meet the eligibility requirements.)

Eligibility requirements

• Have not previously participated in any experiment (online, eye-tracking, EEG, etc.) where the Principle Investigator is Dr. Wing-Yee Chow.
• Native Mandarin Chinese (mainland variation) speaker.
• No other native languages & No dialects spoken more than Mandarin (e.g. Wu, Min, Yue/Cantonese).
• Age 18 or more.
• Right handed.
• Normal or corrected-to-normal vision.
  • No more than 600 degrees of myopia/hyperopia.
  • In case of any vision conditions, make sure you have access to working vision correction (i.e. your glasses/contact lenses need to give you normal vision).
• Normal hearing in both ears.
• No history of neurological/psychological disorders.
• No tattoo near the eyes.
• Not experiencing medical issues with your eyes (e.g., dry eyes) or receiving any medical treatment that may affect your eyes / your sight.

Description

This study examines how Chinese sentences are processed by native Mandarin speakers.

The main experiment will record your eye-movements while you listen to sentences. You will be given £9/hour for your participation.

The experiment will take place in person in Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street, WC1N 1PF. Please meet the experimenter at the reception. The building is very close to the Brunswick shopping centre. Directions and a map can be found here. Please do not wear eye make-up (especially eyeliner and mascara) on the day of the study. Or you can remove your eye make-up before the experiment. It is ok to wear contact lenses or glasses. If you wear both regular glasses and contact lenses on a daily basis, please wear contact lenses on the day of the experiment. However, please do NOT wear coloured contact lenses. Any questions, please email yiling.huo.18@ucl.ac.uk.

Preparation

• Remove your eye makeup before the experiment.
• Please remember to wear your glasses or contact lenses if needed.
• Please DO NOT wear coloured contact lenses.