Help Science + Have Fun = Win/Win
Got time on your hands? Feeling like it’s time to get involved
in the world in new and productive ways? Looking for ways to become involved in
something that can, in the long run, help others? If so, then check out the
possibilities these hands-on approaches to scientific research. They cover a
range of topics, and allow you to help organizations as little or as much as
you would like.
The Online Wisdom Lab - A new suite of apps that will help
University of Birmingham researchers learn about changes in thinking skills,
decision making and health behavior during adulthood. By completing surveys and
games within the app, members of the public will be able to learn more about
their own thinking and behavior, and help researchers to understand how these
skills change throughout the lifespan.
The Small World of Words project is a large study, based
upon a questionnaire that volunteers take, designed to help universities in
Australia and Belgium build a map of the human lexicon in the major languages
of the world. Unlike a thesaurus or dictionary, this language map provides
insight into what words and what part of their meaning are represented in the
human mind. The results enable psychologists, linguists, neuroscientists and
others to test new theories about how the human brain represents and processes
language.
Today’s globalized world lets us connect in ways that have
never been possible before. So, go on, step into the future and give science a hand; at a pace that
works for you. Along the way, you might also learn some new skills and have
fun.
Nothing wrong with that, right?
To learn more about these and other volunteer opportunities,
click here.
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