The research focuses on how parents use online and offline communication to engage with others and help find knowledge as their children experience life at school.

Find out more and start the survey.

This is a 12-week study that involves four on-campus assessments and two 28-day durations of food supplement intake. Participants will enter multiple draws to win a $50 eGift Card for participation.

Participants will be asked to complete an on-campus baseline assessment (90 minutes) and a 28-day duration of food supplement intake (at home).

On day 28, you will be asked to complete another on-campus assessment (75 minutes) and another 28-day duration of food supplement intake (at home). On day 56 and day 84, you will be asked to complete the third and fourth on-campus assessments (75 minutes).

Each session of assessment includes measuring your height, weight, and body composition, completing four computer-based tasks for assessing cognitive functions, and an online self-report questionnaire. Please note: The questionnaire will ask questions concerning depression and anxiety.

To be eligible for the 12-week study, you need to be:

• aged 18 or over
• proficient in English
• in good health
• available for on-campus assessment sessions in a laboratory at Macquarie University.

If you are interested, please visit the study’s webpage to sign up or find out more. Alternatively, you can get in touch by emailing Catie: catie.lai@mq.edu.au

For more information, read the study brochure or contact Raaya Tiko.

Eligibility criteria:

• 18-40yrs old
• Native English speaker
• Normal hearing and speech abilities
• Right-handed
• No history of neurological, psychiatric, or developmental disorders

HAHREC: 2022-11

Details
Time: 90 minutes
Compensation: $30 or course credits
Location: Macquarie University or online
Contact:  shrutika.gaikwad@students.mq.edu.au / 0416 632 034

Not much is known about resilience (i.e. ‘bouncing back’ from stresses) during the period when women become mothers for the first time. Resilience researchers from the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University want to learn more about this, so we can better support the mental health of new mums in the future.

We are looking for mums-to-be to participate in this study. Specifically, we are seeking women who are:

• 25-32-weeks pregnant with their first child,
• currently living in Australia, and
• comfortable reading English.

Participation involves completing several online surveys (2-15 minutes each; just over an hour in total) over approximately four months. Participants will go in the draw to win one of five $200 online gift vouchers. We are recruiting until the end of June 2022.

To participate, please follow this link below. Please share with others who might meet the criteria and be interested in participating.

Register for New Mums study

For more information, visit the Occupational Resilience website or contact Dr Anne-Marie Maxwell

Not having enough time to exercise is one of the top reasons people give for not being physically active. If this sounds like you, then you might be interested in ‘exercise snacking’.

Researchers at Macquarie University are inviting individuals and organisations to participate in the co-design of a novel workplace initiative about exercise snacking. Participants will join in the design of an exercise snacking program suitable for office workers when working in the office or from home.

Curious to know more? Read the participant information and consent form, or email Dr Josephine Chau

To participate, please complete this form.

This study will look at the way hearing assessment results are explained to people and how that could change the way a person and their communication partners (e.g. spouse, child, sibling) approach dealing with the hearing difficulties they experience.

This study involves two appointments that can be conducted in person, remotely or any combination. Participants will receive $40 each for their time. For more information contact raaya.tiko@nal.gov.au

The purpose of the study is to collect normative data for a new listening test named the Language-Independent Speech-in-Noise and Reverberation test (LISiNaR), and a new memory test named DigiSpan. Both the LISiNaR and DigiSpan will be presented via a computer while you are wearing headphones. The testing sessions will be completed in a soundproof room at Macquarie University, North Ryde.

For more information, please contact Christian Boyle at christian.boyle@mq.edu.au

Eligibility Criteria:

• Aged between 18 and 35 years
• Native English speaker
• No history of hearing loss and/or listening difficulties

Ethics Approval #10935