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What influences our sugar intake? A Quantitative Study.
King's College London, GB
The purpose of this study is to identify the potential facilitating factors and barriers which are associated with the behavioural change in reducing the intake of free sugar to less than 5% of the total energy intake among particular ethnic adults. In particular, we want to look at what influences ...
- 110 Min(s) to complete
- £ 20 Amazon Voucher
- Online Questionnaire
- Online
10 August 2017 Requirements- Adult aged 18 years and over
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Characterising and measuring interoceptive ability
King's College London, GB
We are conducting this study to better understand how bodily awareness relates to emotional awareness. If you agree to take part in this study, you will be asked to complete three questionnaires over two time points separated by one month. This study is fully online.
- 30 Min(s) to complete
- Prize draw for a £25 Amazon voucher
- Online Questionnaire
- Online
09 August 2017 Requirements- All potential participants must:
- - Be aged 18 or over
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Language Learning Provision for Research Students in the UK
King's College London, GB
The goal of this research is to build up a picture of how well the language needs of research students in the UK are provided for by current availability of language learning and training. It is also to gain an insight into students’ perceptions of language learning, their own experience of ...
- 15 Min(s) to complete
- Sincere Gratitude
- Online Questionnaire
- Online
07 August 2017 Requirements- Current graduate research student
- Based at UK university/higher education institution
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Online survey; how do you respond to stigma/discrimination?
King's College London, GB
We are inviting volunteers aged 18+ and who feel they have a characteristic that leads to negative attitudes and/or unfair treatment from others, to take part in an online survey about the way they respond to stigma, prejudice or discrimination. The survey will take approximately 20 minutes. By ...
- 20 Min(s) to complete
- Prize draw £100 Amazon voucher
- Online Questionnaire
- Online
18 July 2017 Requirements- Aged 18 and above
- Identifying as having a characteristic that leads to anticipated or direct negative behaviours or attitudes from others
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Characterising and Measuring Bodily Awareness and Emotional Awareness
King's College London, GB
This study investigates if bodily awareness (such as being aware of your own heart rate) relates to emotional awareness. We are also investigating if impairment in bodily awareness is related to social difficulties and communication abilities. We will ask you to complete some language tasks, body ...
- 75 Min(s) to complete
- £10 cash
- Experiment & Questionnaire
- Kings College London, 18-20 Newcomen St, London SE1 1UL, UK
17 July 2017 Requirements- Age 18+
- English must be one of your first languages
- no diagnosed mental health conditions (such as depression, anxiety, or schizophrenia)
- no conditions such as ADHD or dyslexia
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FLARe: Fear learning and Anxiety response
King's College London, GB
In this study, we are interested in how people learn to be anxious of new things, and how they learn that some things that make them feel anxious might not always be unpleasant. We will ask you to take part in a fear learning task that will involve uncomfortable but not painful electric shocks. We ...
- 4 Hour(s) to complete
- Cash (£50 bank transfer)
- Experiment
- 16 De Crespigny Park, Camberwell, London SE5 8AF, UK
12 July 2017 Requirements- Age between 21-26 years old
- No pre-existing heart conditions, neurological conditions or epilepsy
- Fluent in English
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Implicit Cognition of Nude Stimuli
King's College London, GB
The study will involve completing a survey, which includes questions about your gender identity, sexual feelings and sexual behaviour. Additionally, you will be presented with nude images of males and females repeatedly on a computer screen and you will be asked to respond to these images using the ...
- 45 Min(s) to complete
- £10 Cash
- Computerised Testing
- Kings College London, 18-20 Newcomen St, London SE1 1UL, UK
07 July 2017 Requirements- Heterosexual, lesbian, gay, and bisexual men and women
- Age 18+
- Fluent English
- “Normal” or corrected to “normal” vision?
- Further requirements based on sexual history
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Impact of interesterification of dietary fat on lipid metabolism: Inter-Met
King's College London, GB
Dietary fat has a defined molecular structure which the food industry can modify via a process called ‘interesterification’, in order to make liquid fats more solid. These fats are found in most of the spreads, bakery products and confectionery products. This randomised controlled trial...
- 3 Day(s) to complete
- £100 cash + reasonable expenses
- Experiment
- Waterloo Rd, London SE1, UK
07 June 2017 Requirements- • Males and females aged 45-75 years
- • Postmenopausal (for women)
- • Healthy
- • Non-smoker
- • Body mass index 20 - 35 kg/m2
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£30 - Brain imaging of Emotion And Cognition
King's College London, GB
We are interested in investigating cognitive and emotional processing in adolescents with and without anorexia nervosa. As part of the study you will be asked to complete some tasks and puzzles, some of which are completed inside an MRI scanner. With the MRI scanner we are able to examine brain ...
- 1.5 Hour(s) to complete
- Cash £30
- Experiment
- 103 Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London SE5, UK
06 June 2017 Requirements- Female
- Aged 12-18
- Right handed
- Healthy with no history of psychiatric disorders
- No neurological disorders or history of head trauma
- No metal in/on the body that cannot be removed
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Acute effects of fruit polyphenol extracts on blood glucose responses
King's College London, GB
We are looking for volunteers for our latest research study, which is investigating the effects of blackcurrant and citrus extracts (and combinations of these) on the rise in blood glucose that occurs after eating a carbohydrate meal. The findings of this study might have implications for the ...
- 8 Week(s) to complete
- £100 on completion of the study
- Experiment
- Stamford St, Lambeth, London SE1 9NH, UK
15 May 2017 Requirements- • I am male and aged between 18 and 70 years old
- o OR I am female and aged between 18 and 70 years old, and I am not pregnant nor intending to become pregnant, nor am I breastfeeding
- • I have a body mass index between 18 and 35 kg/m2
- • I do not smoke and have not given up smoking within the last 6 months
- • I have never had a heart attack, stroke, angina, thrombosis, liver or kidney diseases, diabetes, chronic gastrointestinal disorder or cancer
- • I do not have phenylketonuria (PKU) - this is a rare genetic metabolic disorder which prevents the breakdown of an amino acid, phenylalanine and is apparent from early infancy.
- • I do not take medication to lower blood fats, including cholesterol (e.g. statins, fibrates)
- • I do not take medication to stabilise blood glucose (e.g. acarbose, metformin or sulfonylureas)
- • I do not have a history of excess alcohol intake or substance abuse
- • I do not have food intolerances, allergies or hypersensitivity
- • I am not already participating in a clinical trial
- • I am prepared to follow dietary instructions before and during the study
- • I have not recently donated blood (within the last 3 months)
- • I have not recently changed weight (lost or gained) by more than 3 kg/7 lb (in the last 2 months)
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FLARe: Fear learning and Anxiety response (APP version)
King's College London, GB
In this study, we are interested in how people learn to be anxious of new things, and how they learn that some things that make them feel anxious might not always be unpleasant. We will explore this using mobile phone technology, as we will ask you to complete a fear learning task (both at the lab ...
- 4 Hour(s) to complete
- Cash (£50 bank transfer)
- Experiment
- Online
02 May 2017 Requirements- Age between 21-26 years old
- No pre-existing heart conditions, neurological conditions or epilepsy
- Fluent in English
- Has a smart-phone (android or i-phone)
- Male (This requirement is temporary, please check back later if you are female and wish to participate)
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Participants for a snacking study, investigating almonds
King's College London, GB
We need volunteers aged 30-70y who eat two or more snacks per day to help us understand the health effects of consuming almond nuts in place of usual snack products. The study will involve 6 visits (the 1st to check you meet criteria and explain the study) to King’s College London-Waterloo ...
- 8 Week(s) to complete
- £100
- Experiment
- Stamford St, Lambeth, London SE1 9NH, UK
11 April 2017 Requirements- ● I am aged between 30 and 70 years.
- ● I have stable body weight.
- ● I have no allergy to nuts and seeds.
- ● I have never had glucosuria (glucose in urine), proteinuria (protein in urine) and anemia (low red blood cell count).
- ● I have not been on medication or a prescribed diet known to affect lipid or glucose metabolism.
- ● I have not used cigarettes within the last 6 months.
- ● I have never had a heart attack, stroke, angina, pancreatic or liver or kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic gastrointestinal disorder (coeliac disease, Crohn’s disease), cancer (excluding basal cell carcinoma) and black out/epilepsy.
- ● I have no history of excess alcohol intake or substance abuse.
- ● I am not pregnant, lactating or planning pregnancy within the study period.
- ● I have no presence of metal inside the body (implants, devices, shrapnel, metal particles in eyes from welding etc.).
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