Overview

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"Go Fetch! ": Memory Retrieval in Teens and Young Adults

Looking for:

• Healthy teens and young adults
• 13-25 years old
• Never had a psychiatric illness

Compensation:

up to $100 for their time and efffort

African American Alzheimer's Disease Study

Looking for:

• People with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s who have more than minor memory problems
• The spouse of an individual with Alzheimer's disease
• Anyone over 60 without memory problems as part of the comparison group

Compensation:

Compensation for your time will be provided.

Depressed? Even on Medication?

Looking for:

• Adults 18-65 who are depressed
• not responding to their depression medication
• This is not the right study for you if you are:
• pregnant, nursing, or not on birth control
• have seizures, have been bipolar, have serious medical problems, or abuse drugs.

Compensation:

Study medications and study-related vists at no costs

MR Studies of Alcohol-induced Brain injury and Recovery

Looking for:

• Adults, age 18-70
• who are alcohol dependent
• who are interested in getting abstinent

Compensation:

Varies, call for details

Mulitsensory Integration in Adults with Dyslexia

Looking for:

• Adults 18 to 45 years old
• with a history of reading disability
• with NO history of reading disability
• with normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing (glasses or contacts okay)

Compensation:

The study lasts around 3 hours, and you will receive $100 for your participation.

Navigation in Virtual Environments

Looking for:

Adults over the age of 18 years

Compensation:

So-NA credit hours and/or entry in a drawing

Right from the Start

Looking for:

• Adult women
• who are hoping to be pregnant, or
• who are less than 9 weeks pregnant

Compensation:

$10-$165 plus gifts (depending on study activities one is asked to complete)

Survey of Statewide Needs for Services in Developmental Disabilities

Looking for:

• Adults with or without disabilities
• Parents of children with disabilities
• Adults who work with persons with disabilities
• People who care about the welfare of people with disabilities

Compensation:

none

Tennessee Connections for Better Birth Outcomes (BBO)

Looking for:

We want to help mothers have healthier babies. We invite women who:

• are between the ages of 18 and 40 years old
• are less than 24 weeks pregnant, and
• have had a premature baby in the past

Compensation:

$50 Wal-Mart gift card when your baby is born and $50 gift card at the end of the study

Tried an Antidepressant? Still depressed?

Looking for:

Depressed men and women age 18-80

Compensation:

Services above at no cost