Pay: 1 hour = $15

Total number of participants required: 50

You are invited to participate in a series of experiments designed to investigate your judgment of

either statements or stories depicting social actions. These statements or stories will be

presented to you on a computer screen. Your task would be to provide your attitude towards each

statement or story. During the task it is important to us that your responding is not affected by

your facial movement. To address this, we will use a technique common in social psychology

research, of holding a pen lightly across your teeth or lips. Your task would be to rate the

stimuli while holding a pen across your mouth in various positions. You will also be asked to fill

out several questionnaires afterwards. These measures will gauge individual differences in various

kinds of psychological traits.

Each experiment is expected to have a duration of less than 1 hour. The experiment will take place

in the Social Psychology Precinct, on the 4th floor of the Redmond Barry building.

The responsible investigator is Dr Simon Laham in The School of Psychological Sciences at the

University fo Melbourne. This project has been approved by the University of Melbourne Human

Research Ethics Committee (1545596.2).

For further information, or to volunteer to take part in the study, please contact Mr. Justin Kelly

(the PhD student running the study) using the email address:

kellyj1@student.unimelb.edu.au