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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">We are conducting an online study to explore how scientists, like yourself, learn about the world. We are inviting you to participate in the
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; color: black;">Study Details</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">The study takes roughly 30 minutes, during which you will be exploring the functions of a fictional brain area by conducting scientific experiments.
Your objective will be to learn the link between this neural area and behavioral outcomes. </span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">18+ years old</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Current PhD student or higher in Neuroscience or a similar field (including postdocs, junior & senior faculty, research scientists, etc)</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Residing in the US</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; color: black;">Compensation</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">You will receive $10 reimbursement through Paypal, Venmo, or a gift card of your choice.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">If you are interested in participating in the study, please email Marina Dubova at </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="mailto:mdubova@iu.edu" id="OWA906501bc-d74a-fc1e-48b4-8a24fae072ee" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-linkindex="0" style="text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">mdubova@iu.edu</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;"> to
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Thank you for considering participating in this study. Your participation could help shape our understanding of how scientists learn about
the world and how this learning could be improved.</span></p>
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is approved by Indiana University IRB (Protocol #</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; color: black; background-color: white;">20811</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">).</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Best,</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Marina Dubova and Robert Goldstone</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Indiana University</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; color: black;">Cognitive Science Program</span></p>
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