Introduction
The Cognitive Ergonomics Lab in the Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering at NC State University is conducting a research experiment to study situation awareness and memory in a simulated detective task. Participants will watch videos of detective stories on a large projection screen and play a Flash-based first person shooter game during the period of the story. Participants will also be asked questions about the story at random times during the video and they will need to provide verbal responses to the questions in a timely manner.

Requirements
1. You are expected to provide 2.5 hours of time and will receive an honorarium of $20.
2. As the experiment materials involve the use of detective stories from TV dramas, you should not have any experience in watching detective shows (e.g., CSI, Sherlock Holmes, Detective Conan, or Inspector Lynley Mysteries).
3. You must be a native English speaker.
4. You should have good vision and hearing ability.

Contact
Please contact Tao Zhang at 919-448-5042, tzhang@ncsu.edu or visit Room 458, Daniels Hall on the NC State main campus to fill out a simple subject screening form and schedule your experiment time thereafter.

1/26/2009 2:30:54 PM

pick me, pick me! email sent

1/26/2009 4:39:09 PM

impossible....killing people takes all your attention.

1/26/2009 5:42:23 PM

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"pick me, pick me! email sent"

1/26/2009 5:55:05 PM

A+, would participate again. And it's gotten me interested in the Lynley series now.

1/31/2009 1:03:34 AM

haha this is perfect for my best friend...he plays video games better when he's talking on the phone or listening to something than when he is just playing with no distractions.

1/31/2009 12:25:06 PM

To Skillet73: Could please ask your friend to contact me? Thank you very much!

1/31/2009 4:22:17 PM

do u still need people?

2/1/2009 6:48:42 PM

$20 to play flash games? Sign me up!

2/1/2009 7:07:37 PM

I'm up for it if ur still looking for people

2/1/2009 10:41:54 PM

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"haha this is perfect for my best friend...he plays video games better when he's talking on the phone or listening to something than when he is just playing with no distractions. "

I've noticed i play Guitar Hero better when slightly distracted, but I Wii bowl better when I can focus more.

2/2/2009 12:13:37 AM

Yes. I am still recruiting participants. Please send me an email and I will give you a screening form. When you filled that form we can schedule the time for experiment.

2/2/2009 1:15:38 PM

why the native english speaker requirement?

2/2/2009 1:25:12 PM

I think because of the British accents in what they have you watch.

2/2/2009 4:05:29 PM

bttt. I need more people. Thanks.

2/6/2009 3:03:51 PM

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"As the experiment materials involve the use of detective stories from TV dramas, you should not have any experience in watching detective shows (e.g., CSI, Sherlock Holmes, Detective Conan, or Inspector Lynley Mysteries). "

So even if you just watch them occasionally, you can't be considered? damn, I thought at least everyone had seen an episode or two of CSI (they're on all the damn time..)

2/6/2009 3:33:01 PM

Can I do this again? I could use another $20.

2/6/2009 7:39:24 PM

^

2/6/2009 9:29:11 PM

to smcain:
if you just watch them once in a while, it should be fine. if you are interested, please contact me and fill in a screening form so I can better know your experience and determine if can come to the experiment. thanks.

2/10/2009 9:25:53 PM

^I've send you 2 PM's...yet to here back anything

2/10/2009 11:46:20 PM

probably because he doesn't know what a PM is

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"Contact Please contact Tao Zhang at 919-448-5042, tzhang@ncsu.edu or visit Room 458, Daniels Hall on the NC State main campus to fill out a simple subject screening form and schedule your experiment time thereafter."

2/10/2009 11:49:12 PM