For participants

EEG Experiment on English visual word processing 

The Brain and Second Language Lab in the Department of Linguistics at HKU is running an EEG experiment on English visual word processing. In this study, you must make decisions on whether words presented to you on a screen are real words in English. The experiment will take approximately 2 hours, including the time necessary to wash your hair after the experiment. You will be compensated 250 HKD at the end of the experiment.  

Eligibility Criteria: 

1. Student at HKU 
2. Age 18-25 
3. Native speaker of American, Australian, British, Canadian or New Zealand English
4. Monolingual or dominantly English-speaking bilinguals
5. Have normal or corrected to normal vision 
6. Have no history of neurological disorders (epilepsy, etc.) 
7. Right-handed

Duration: 2 Hours  

Location: Room 9.27, 9/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU Centennial Campus 

Participants will need to wash their hair with shampoo only the morning of the experiment, otherwise they will be turned away without compensation and may not participate. Makeup/sunscreen must not be worn, otherwise participants will be asked to partially remove it from their cheeks.  

Please fill out this form (https://forms.gle/mjnFGBa1gnh7sDKa9) if you are interested in participating.

The study has been reviewed by and received ethics approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee, The University of Hong Kong (HREC Reference Number EA210083). If you have any questions or concerns about the research, please feel free to contact Jonah Lack (jlack@connect.hku.hk) or Dr. Yoonsang Song (9.21 RRST, yoonsang@hku.hk). If you have questions about your rights as a research participant, contact the Human Research Ethics Committee for Non-Clinical Faculties, HKU (2241-5267).