Teng Lab Experiment Participation

**Note this page is currently under construction**

The Teng Lab for Cognition, Action, and Neural Dynamics at SKERI often seeks participants in our ongoing studies. Learn something about vision, hearing, or touch while contributing to the scientific discovery process!

E-mail List: Click here to stay in the loop about new participation opportunities. Your contact information is only used for occasional email announcements and never released outside the lab.

 

Active Studies:

Judging Reverberant Scenes (Semi-remote or in-person)

We seek participants in a study investigating auditory perception. This experiment is aimed at investigating features of reverberant sound and consists of a gamified task to be completed with stereo headphones, and (if remote) a desktop/laptop web browser. Sessions last 30 - 40 minutes and  participants will be reimbursed at approximately $25/hour.

Criteria:

  • Ages 16 and up
  • Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing
  • Access to a desktop or laptop running Google Chrome browser, preferably wired stereo headphones

Availability: Flexible on weekdays or weekends (via appointment)

Contact: Email tenglab-studies@ski.org for more details.

 

Auditory space localization (EEG study; in-person)

We seek participants in a study investigating auditory spatial localization. This study uses EEG, a technique used to measure electrical activity in the brain using electrodes attached to a cap covering your scalp. You will be asked to judge the location of some brief sounds (clicks). Sessions last 2 - 3 hours and participants will be reimbursed at approximately $25/hour.

Criteria: 

  • Ages 16-70
  • Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing
  • OR persons meeting the above criteria, except with total blindness or light perception only

Availability: Flexible on weekdays or weekends (via appointment)

Contact: Contact tenglab-studies@ski.org for more details.

 

 

 

Labs

Teng Lab

We aim to better understand how people perceive, interact with, and move through the world, especially when vision is unavailable. To this end, the lab studies perception and sensory processing in multiple sensory modalities, with particular interests in echolocation and braille reading in blind persons. We are also interested in mobility and navigation, including assistive technology using nonvisual cues. These are wide-ranging topics, which we approach using a combination of psychophysical, neurophysiological, engineering, and computational tools.