Current Participant

Covid-19 Health Screening

Online & In person participants

You will fill out the Covid-19 pre-screening form after your initial screening online for any of our experiments.

In Person participants

Phone screening:

Our lab staff will set up a time to complete a Covid-19 health screening 2 weeks prior to your scheduled scan.

We will also contact you the morning of your scan to perform a Covid-19 health screening.

**If we cannot reach you to complete theses, we will have to reschedule the appointment.

Upon arrival:

We are required to complete an additional Covid-19 health screening form once you arrive for your scan.

Online Participant

Overview

There are 3 parts to this study that, if you meet our qualifications, will immediately follow the screening survey. Please make sure you have about 50 minutes of time available before completing the screening survey. You will be asked to complete several self-report surveys, followed by behavioral tasks on two platforms.

Screening

Participants will be asked to fill out a screening form to determine if you meet the minimum requirements of our study. Please make sure you have about 50 minutes of time available after the screening, before completing the it.

Self report surveys

If you meet the minimum requirements for our study, the first part of the study will be open to you in the queue shown immediately after the screening survey. Please allow approximately 50 minutes to complete the study.

Behavioral tasks

Part 2

Follow the link given to you in the self report section of the study. There are several behavioral tasks that you will be asked to do which will be followed by a final link to the third part of the study.

Part 3

There are two parts to this task, please make sure that you complete both parts.

Part one is a rating task
Part two will involve a behavior task in which there is a practice and the task itself.

If you have problems during any part of the task, please contact nichole.hogoboom@va.gov, or Colleen.MillsFinnerty@va.gov. We will get back to you at our earliest convenience during normal business hours.

Compensation

Participants will be compensated $5 USD for their time.

In Person Participant

Part 1

Screening

Once you complete the pre-screening forms and indicate that you are interested in participating in the in person fMRI scan portion of our study, we review it and will contact you about moving forward. If you do not meet qualifications, you are still able to complete our online study if interested.

Before your in person scan:

Fill out all surveys in your queue on redcap
READ THE CONSENT FROM AND HIPAA RELEASE FORMs
Print your "permission to enter Stanford campus letter"
Monitor your health and update us of any illnesses
Complete phone Covid-19 screening two weeks before scan appointment

**If we cannot reach you to complete COVID-19 screening, we will have to reschedule the appointment**

A mask will be required to be worn by all parties throughout the entire session.

Part 2

The day of:

Complete your over the phone Covid-19 screening the morning of your appointment.

**If we cannot reach you to complete COVID-19 screening, we will have to reschedule the appointment**

A mask will be required to be worn by all parties throughout the entire session.
Please do not eat for 3 hours before your scan appointment
Please remove any jewelry, makeup and wear your hair down without braids or extensions.
Please do not wear or be prepared to remove any metal, including undergarments (this includes sports garb as there is a fine metal mesh in most)

Upon Arrival:

Your scan appointment (including consent, prep, scan time, and wrapping up) will take approximately 1 hour.
Park in designated area, stay in your car and call (510) 240-9109

**A mask will be required to be worn by all parties throughout the entire session**

Lab Staff will bring you the parking permit and perform the in personal covid-19 verbal screening and screening form as well as the physical consent form.
1. You will be guided by the same lab staff member your entire visit
2. Staff will be wearing a mask, face shield, and gloves for your and their protection.
Lab staff will quickly go over the consent form and the procedure for the session with you and you will be lead to the scan room

**Everyone is required to sanitize their hands upon entry and exit of the Lucas Building**

Scanning Procedure

You will be asked to fill out an additional self report survey and a rating task
Lab staff will give you scrubs to change into and your items will be stored in locker for the duration of the scan.
Lab staff will explain how the scanning process works and the behavioral task you will be doing. They will also explain safety protocol and set you up on the scanner. Once we make sure you are comfortable we will begin the scanning protocol. There are several very short scans, ranging from 30 seconds to a couple minutes and behavioral task scans 10 minutes each.
Once the protocol is finished or if you decide to end the session early, our lab staff will help you exit the scanner safely and you will change back into your street clothes.
Lab staff will make sure you have everything you came with and show you out of the scan center.

**Everyone is required to sanitize their hands upon entry and exit of the Lucas Building**

Compensation

Research subjects will be offered $50 USD per hour of MRI scan time, and $15 per hour for psychodiagnostic interviews and neurocognitive assessments.

Location

The scan will take place at the Lucas Center at Stanford located at, 1201 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA 94305.

PARKING

You can park in any of the permitted parking spots marked on the map below and we will bring you a temporary permit for the time of your scan appointment. They are located on Welch Rd, and just in front of the Lucas Center entrance. Spaces are limited.

You can also park in the Stanford Hospital parking garage but that is at your own expense.

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