Volunteer for Science
This Metro advertisement caught my eye a few weeks ago.
From the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin:
We wish to recruit members of the general public age 18-90 to our volunteer research panel. We study various aspects of human behaviour such as memory, attention and thinking. Our research aims to increase our understanding of how the mind and brain work, with a view to trying, in the longer term, to develop methods for assessing and treating conditions such as age-related memory problems and attention deficit disorder.
Volunteers who can easily reach central Dublin may be invited to take part in one or more studies, and if they do, a nominal honorarium will be offered.
Please leave your name and number at 01 89628684 before 3rd August.
I’ve called them up and left my name and number on the answering machine and I’m very much looking forward to volunteering my time to Science.
It’s a pity that Irish research projects don’t reach out online, the same way that the Irish Blood Transfusion Service don’t, as pointed out by Damien. They are really missing out on the abundance of altruistic internet users and the numerous socially persuasive situations online (blogging, twitter, messageboards, etc.,) that would enable researchers and organizations to recruit many more volunteers. These kinds of blog posts are the first step though.
July 31st, 2008 at 11:45 am
Surely this is just a cunning plan to get people to donate their bodies to science before they’re actually dead? It will all end in zombie disco fights I’m telling ya.
August 1st, 2008 at 11:58 am
Oh dear, if that’s the case then I’m doomed because I’ve already agreed!
August 1st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
I’d take it you’re unaffected as yet since you didn’t say ‘brains’ at any point in the comment.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:31 pm
This is very interesting.