Pre-fMRI Scanning Protocol

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The Pre-fMRI Scanning Protocol checklist can be accessed here: Example.doc.

Below is additional information pertaining to pre-screening potential participants.

Scheduling

_____ Email participant and make sure they are eligible to participate in the study Dear (participant’s name),

   Before we schedule a time to begin the experiment, I need you to answer a few questions……  (Handedness, native English speaker, precluding brain injuries, metal implants/ pacemakers). 

Thank you, (Insert Name) _____ Schedule a time to meet with the participant in the lab _____ Send a reminder email the day before informing the participant when and where to meet you

   Dear (participant’s name),
   Here is a friendly reminder that you are scheduled to meet with me in Park 341 at (insert time). 

See you tomorrow, (Insert Name)

Set up

_____ Have a copy of the informed consent ready to go over with the participant _____ Have the SITE ready for the participant to create an account on the computer in room ## _____ Have the SITE ready to assign the participants tasks after they have created an account _____ If timeslots are available for the scanner have these prepared to schedule with the participant.

Gaining consent and individual differences

_____ Gain verbal consent from participant and give them the form to take home with them _____ Usher participant to the computer in room ## to create an account on SITE _____Instruct participant to find their username and password in their email _____ Assign participant appropriate tasks

   _____ Update Info
   _____ Handedness
   _____ Language Experience
   _____ Lexical Decision 

_____ Have the participant complete the tasks _____ Examine scores to assess eligibility for scanning _____ Eligible or _____ Not Eligible

Scheduling time at the scanner

_____ Schedule MRI sessions _____ Send the participant a reminder email a day before there timeslot for each session with directions to the scanner. Thank the participant for their time.