The Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Science (FMHHS) is always on the lookout for people willing to participate in experiments investigating a few areas of human cognition. All of these experiments are completely safe; most studies typically involve watching briefly presented pictures or words and making judgments about them.


Anyone can join the register. People who register will receive emails notifying them about experiments they can sign up for. The focus areas of the research conducted are in language, reading, perception and action, and belief formation. The register includes Paid and Unpaid studies. Paid Studies will reimburse participants a minimum of $15 or more per hour (or pro-rata) for taking part, whereas the Volunteer studies will be advertised as unpaid. Each study will provide its own information. You are free to participate in either type of study if you choose to do so. Select which studies you would like to participate in in the adjoining form.



Please be aware that, to protect the safety of both participants and researchers, participants are expected to behave in a reasonable and appropriate manner. Unreasonable or inappropriate behaviour, including discrimination, bullying or harassment, will result in automatic and permanent exclusion from the database. By signing up to the FMHHS Research Participation Register you give consent for us to liaise with other services on campus (e.g., campus security and campus wellbeing) and crosscheck information should we have any concerns and agree to abide by these guidelines. We thank you in advance for your cooperation.



Your login information will be emailed to you as soon as you request the account, so you may login immediately. You will need to check your email for specific login instructions. If you have junk mail (spam) filters configured for your email, please configure the filters to accept email from mq-cogsci-admin@sona-systems.net, as emails from the system will often be sent from that address.



You must choose a user ID that is not already in use and specify an email address that is not already registered in the system. User IDs may be up to 30 characters in length and contain letters and numbers. This form should only be used by participants.



When you log in for the first time, you will be asked to complete a prescreen questionnaire that will ask you to provide some demographic information (e.g., gender, age, languages spoken, handedness, eyesight, and hearing ability). You are free to answer the questions or select “prefer not to say”. The information you provide to the register is confidential, except as required by law, and will only be made available to the system administrator and researchers whose studies you volunteer to take part in.



You do not have to take part in any study. You are free to participate at the rate determined and advertised by each individual study. Each study will provide details of the research procedure and ethics clearance.



By signing up to the FMHHS Research Participation Register you indicate that:
1. You have read and understood the information above
2. Any questions you have asked have been answered to your satisfaction
3. You agree to have your details added to the FMHHS Research Participation Register, knowing that you can ask to be removed at any time without having to give a reason and without consequence.



The ethical aspects of the FMHHS Research Participation Register have been approved by the Macquarie University Human Research Ethics Committee. If you have any complaints or reservations about any ethical aspect of your participation in the register, you may contact the Committee through the Director, Research Ethics (telephone (02) 9850 7854; email ethics@mq.edu.au). Any complaint you make will be treated in confidence and investigated, and you will be informed of the outcome.





Email questions to csregister.admin@mq.edu.au