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REDCap Instructions:

• Adding participants to the CML REDCap database: Steps 1-4
• Payment Form instructions: Steps 5-7

Testing Rooms:

There are 2 testing rooms located in the CML. Each room must be booked individually using the Google calendar for that room. Contact the lab manager or your supervisor if you need access to the Google calendars.

• CML Testing 4: 4-person testing room located in room 402A.

  • Capacity:
    • 1 participant using microphone/speakers/camera
    • 4 participants without microphone/speakers/camera (headphones available)

• CML Testing 3: 3-person testing room located in room 402G.

  • Capacity:
    • 1 participant using microphone/speakers/camera
    • 3 participants without microphone/speakers/camera (headphones available)

• Computer passwords are in a pinned message in the #behavioral channel in Slack.

• All computers should be logged in to the CML & DCL Box Drive account. If a computer is logged out of Box Drive, login information is in a pinned message in the #behavioral channel in Slack.

Running participants in person:

• REDCap All non-SONA participants must be added to the CML REDCap database following the instructions in steps 1-4 here.
  • If you are using REDCap for any reason - including participant payments, logging study information, consenting, or collecting survey responses, participants must be added to the CML REDCap database regardless of recruitment method.
• Use the Google Calendars to book testing rooms with your experiment name and your name as the event title.
  • Be sure to book the correct room! Each room is booked individually. Contact the lab manager or your supervisor if you need calendar access.
• Participant parking instructions, parking permits, and parking maps are available on the Forms & Flyers page.
  • Schedule > Bookings provides a helpful view to browse current openings.
  • Research phone number: 314-935-0212
  • Fund number: Contact the lab manager to ensure you are using the correct fund number for your project.
• Call buttons should be given to each participant. This allows participants to alert experimenters when they need help, when they are ready to begin a new phase of the experiment, when they have finished the experiment, etc.
  • Call buttons & desks are each numbered & matched to the receivers so that experimenters know which participant is in need of assistance.
  • Chargers for call buttons & receivers are located at the small countertop by the main lab door.
  • Be sure to turn the receivers off when you are finished for the day. Call buttons are always on. Both call buttons & receivers should be charged periodically.
  • If a call button is out of sync with a receiver, please alert the lab manager so that they can re-pair the buttons in the proper sequence.

Running participants on Prolific:

Use the following screening criteria:

• Education: Screen for people without literacy difficulties
• Prolific: Make sure acceptance rate is 99% and the number of previous jobs is 20 or higher
• Health: Make sure they are not dyslexic, have normal or corrected to normal vision, and have normal or corrected to normal hearing (if applicable)
• Age: Young adults are typically between 18-35. Older adults are typically 65+.
• Location: Must live in the US