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Participants needed!

You can help advance Canadian health research by being a participant in one of the many important research studies happening in our Faculty. The studies listed below are currently recruiting participants.

FREE PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR WORRY
Seeking participants aged 16 to 65 to participate in a research study at York & Ryerson Universities on psychotherapy for excessive worry.
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Growing Minds
Seeking children who will be turning 7 or 9 years old by May 2012, & who were born in Canada. Children will have a chance to work with a trained psychological researcher and complete fun tasks that involve pattern finding and memory.
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Reaching Movements toward Remembered Visual Stimuli
Seeking healthy participants, aged 60 to 70 with normal or corrected vision, to participate in a research study.
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GO4KIDDS: Great Outcomes for Kids Impacted by Severe Developmental Disabilities
Seeking parents of children between the age of 6-18 years old with severe developmental disability and their families.
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Children's Learning Projects
Seeking children between the age of 3-12years old with an intellectual disability, children with Asperger or other ASD or who are typically developing.
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Molecular basis of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Seeking children of all ages diagnosed with autism for autism studies.
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Sensing Hand Position
Seeking male and female adults over the age of 60 years who have no history of neurological disorder or brain injury with no significant visual or movement problems (corrected vision OK).
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Reading and Reasoning
Seeking participants whose first language spoken and/or written is English. Participants can be of any age or gender.
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Visual and auditory processing in people with one eye
Seeking participants who are at least 16 years of age or older who have had one eye surgically removed due to trauma or pathology.
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A psychobiological study of overeating and obesity
Seeking participants ages 25-45 who have a Body Mass Index (BMI) under 25 kg/m2 OR those who have a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 30 kg/m2.
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Ethics information for study participants

York University is committed to the highest standards of integrity in research.

York University has policies for the conduct of research and all projects involving the use of human subjects, animals and biohazardous materials are subject to review by the appropriate University committee. Researchers must respect the safety, welfare, and dignity of human participants in their research and treat them equally and fairly.

The responsibility for research ethics at York resides in the Office of Research Ethics. For additional information regarding research ethics and policies at York, please contact the manager of the Office of Research Ethics.

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