A variety of research studies are conducted by faculty, research fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates in Psychological Sciences at Vanderbilt. This research includes a wide range of laboratory experiments and brain imaging studies on fundamental aspects of perception, cognition, and emotion. A lot of this important research would not be possible without the participation of research volunteers.

In order to help interested research volunteers enroll in research studies in Psychological Science for course credit and for pay, we utilize a web-based research sign-up system called Sona Systems. After you register yourself as a new user you will be able to view brief descriptions of studies in order to select which studies you would like to participate in. The initial registration process will take about 5-10 minutes.

Information for Paid Subjects
If you are primarily interested in participating in PAID studies, see the following link :
http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/files/frmqR2/SubjectPoolEMSManualPaid2008.pdf

Information for Subjects Receiving Course Credit
All students who intend to sign up for studies in order to receive course credit (for General Psychology or for credit in other Psychology courses), see the link below:
http://www.psy.vanderbilt.edu/courses/subjectpool/StudentResearchParticipant-EMSManual.pdf

Connecting to the Research Sign-up System
To connect to the Research Sign-up System (Sona Systems), link to this web site:
http://vanderbilt.sona-systems.com/

A number of the studies are conducted in Wilson Hall. There are two free parking spaces for research participants at the end of the parking lot behind Wilson Hall (yellow asterisk). Otherwise you can park in the Terrace Garage. If you are coming for a paid research study, you can get reimbursed for parking in the Terrace Place Garage.


Other studies are conducted in Jesup or Hobbs:


The Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development maintains a separate webpage which includes studies for adults, children and families, and includes a number of studies related to developmental disorders and psychiatric disorders. To view this site please click the following link : http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/studyfinder/

Information for Researchers
Researchers interested in using the Research Sign-up System, see the link below:
http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/files/hCIedy/SubjectPoolEMSManualResearcher2008.pdf

The Psychology Department thanks the support of the Vanderbilt University Learning Sciences Institute for its support of the research sign up system.