Participating in research is one of the most powerful things you can do to be part of tomorrow's healthcare breakthroughs. Penn State Health is always looking for people who are willing to participate in studies, so that our researchers can better understand how to diagnose, treat, and prevent diseases and conditions.
In this study, we ask adults with autism spectrum disorder to view short animated clips and then provide verbal narratives and visuospatial reenactments of the animations. Our goal is to...
This study aims to understand peoples’ selfie-taking behavior and how, if at all, they relate to their driving behavior and gender difference. The participants will participate the study by completing...
Using small focus groups, this work aims to understand the experiences, challenges, perceptions, and opportunities for the use of conversational agents (e.g Amazon Alexa and Siri) for users with visual...
We aim to understand how words are retrieved during language processing, and also how such retrieval might vary between younger and older adults. During sentence comprehension, previously read information needs...
The purpose of this study is to investigate how language is organized in neurologically normal adults using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and behavioral measures. Our overarching goal is to characterize...
This project will use fMRI to examine changes in the brain related to behavioral therapy outcomes in persons with aphasia. We aim to recruit twenty persons with aphasia. Each participant...
Hormones are molecules that deliver signals throughout the body. They influence behavior, sleep, hunger, stress, and virtually all other aspects of life. This study seeks to better understand several of...
This is a user study to investigate the environmental characteristics of virtual reality (VR). This study will provide empirical evidence of the essential characteristics based on users’ feedbacks. During your...
在这个项目中,我们的目标是了解环境ronment influence language learning. Research in bilingualism and second language acquisition has demonstrated the high adaptability of the human brain in...
This project's aim is to understand the neural bases of speech and sound processing, and how such responses vary across the adulthood. Specifically, there is growing evidence that the timing...
