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INFORMATION SHEET FOR CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A RESEARCH STUDY

You must be 19 or over to participate in this experiment.



Purpose of the Research Study: The purpose of this study is to assess your memory, evaluate various cognitive techniques, and determine to what extent these techniques affect your memory.



Procedures: If you agree to participate, you will watch a short video and then answer questions about it.



Risks and Benefits: The study has the following risks: None. The benefits include assisting with research regarding eyewitness identifications.



Voluntary Nature of the Study: participation in this study is voluntary. Your decision whether or not to participate will not result in penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. If you decide to participate, you are free not to answer any question or discontinue participation at any time without penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled.



Length of Participation: 10 minutes.



Confidentiality: The records of this study will be kept private. In published reports, there will be no information included that will make it possible to identify you as a research participant. Research records will be stored securely. Your data are identified by number only and that number cannot be connected to you. The data will be stored on password-protected computers in locked offices. Only approved researchers will have access to the records.



Contacts and Questions (UAHuntsville): If you have concerns or complaints about the research, researcher(s) conducting this study, please contact: Jeff Neuschatz, Ph.D. (neuschaj@email.uah.edu; 256-824-2321). You are encouraged to contact the researcher(s) if you have any questions.



If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about the research or about your rights and wish to talk to someone other than the individuals on the research team, or if you cannot reach the research team, you may contact the University of Alabama-Huntsville Campus Institutional Review Board (UAHuntsville IRB) at (256) 824-2338 or irb@uah.edu.



Please click "yes" below if you agree to participate, and "no" if you do not agree to participate.

