Submitted by A.J. Wilby on Thu, 09/10/2025 - 15:38
The Health Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Psychiatry is looking for paid volunteers to take part in their latest study.
Participants will be asked to undergo a series of paced-breathing exercises administered through virtual reality from ~90 minutes.
Participants will receive £10/hour for their time and effort.
In order to be eligible, you must:
- Be 18-50 years old.
- Have no significant history of cardiovascular, metabolic, or neurological disease.
- Have no history of major psychiatric illness (not including anxiety/depression).
- Have no recent use of medication exerting an effect on the cardiovascular or mental state.
- Not be pregnant.
- Not be a smoker.
- Have no recent alcohol or substance misuse.
- Have no current or recent diagnosis of asthma or other chronic respiratory disease (e.g., COPD)
If you would like to participate, please follow this link to complete a screening questionnaire. This link will also provide you with two documents containing a more detailed description of the study. Please read these before completing the questionnaire.