Informed Consent
Institutional Review Board 1204 Marie Mount Hall ● 7814 Regents Drive ● College Park, MD 20742 ● 301-405-4212 ● irb@umd.edu
Code-switch identification -- adults
This research is being conducted by Erika Exton and Dr. Rochelle Newman at the University of Maryland, College Park. We are inviting you to participate in this research project because you are the right age and have the appropriate language background for this study. The purpose of this research project is to investigate the way adults perceive and categorize languages, especially when the languages are unfamiliar.
You will first be asked to fill out between 1 and 4 questionnaires asking about your language history. Following this, you will either hear speech presented over headphones or loudspeakers at a comfortable listening level, or will see words, nonsense words, or pictures on a computer monitor (or both). You will be asked to respond to these items based on what you think you saw or heard, either by pressing a button, typing into a keyboard, or moving your mouse. We may store where your cursor is hovering. This experiment will take approximately 25 minutes.
The procedures in this study were designed to explore human speech perception and language processing. These procedures involve no foreseeable risks or discomforts for you.
There are no direct benefits from participating in this research. We hope that, in the future, other people might benefit from this study through improved understanding of how people use sound patterns and changes to identify when a language switch happens.
Any potential loss of confidentiality will be minimized by storing all data on a secure University of Maryland server, password-protected and accessible only to research staff. We will mark all data with a subject ID number rather than your name.
If we write a report or article about this research project, your identity will be protected to the maximum extent possible. Your information may be shared with representatives of the University of Maryland, College Park or governmental authorities if you or someone else is in danger or if we are required to do so by law.
You will receive $5 as a thank you for participating in this study.
Your participation in this research is completely voluntary. You may choose not to take part at all. If you decide to participate in this research, you may stop participating at any time. If you decide not to participate in this study or if you stop participating at any time, you will not be penalized or lose any benefits to which you otherwise qualify.
If you decide to stop taking part in the study, if you have questions, concerns, or complaints, or if you need to report an injury related to the research, please contact the investigator:
Erika Exton 0100 Lefrak Hall eexton@umd.edu
Dr. Rochelle Newman 0100 Lefrak Hall Rnewman1@umd.edu 301-405-4226
If you have questions about your rights as a research participant or wish to report a research-related injury, please contact:
University of Maryland College Park
Institutional Review Board Office
1204 Marie Mount Hall
College Park, Maryland, 20742
E-mail: irb@umd.edu
Telephone: 301-405-0678
For more information regarding participant rights, please visit: https://research.umd.edu/research-resources/research-compliance/institutional-review-board-irb/research-participants
This research has been reviewed according to the University of Maryland, College Park IRB procedures for research involving human subjects.
No audio or video recordings will be generated during this study.
If you consent to participate in this research study, please click the button that says “Accept and Continue”. Clicking this button indicates that you are at least 18 years of age; you have read this consent form or have had it read to you; your questions have been answered to your satisfaction and you voluntarily agree to participate in this research study. Please click “print” to save a copy of this consent form so that you have it for your records. If you do not wish to participate in this research study, we ask that you click “decline and exit” and then “return the study” on Prolific so that your spot is available for another participant.