How Language Learning Affects Time—MEG and Game

Have you ever wondered how learning a new language affects your thinking and particularly your sense of time?

This study investigates how learning a new language affects cognitive processes—especially time perception—using Magnetoencephalography (MEG).
You will learn an artificial language and complete a fun cognitive task using our MEG-compatible game controller—almost like playing a game!

What you can expect:

• One MEG session
• One MRI session

Duration and compensation:

• Two sessions in total (MEG approx. 4 hrs/about 120 min of recording, MRI approx. 30 min)
• Approx. 80–90€ (10€/started 30 minutes)
• Payment is made after the final session

Participation Requirements:

• Age: 18 to (including) 55 years
• Good knowledge of German and English
• Right-handed
• No hearing impairments
• No vision impairments (participation possible with contact lenses, not glasses)
• No neurological or psychiatric disorders (e.g., migraine with aura, epilepsy, depression)
• No autoimmune diseases
• No medication intake
• No claustrophobia
• No non-removable metal in or on the body (e.g., retainers, tattoos with metallic pigments, pacemakers, IUDs, defibrillators, metal plates, screws, permanent make-up)
• No implants or prostheses (e.g., shunts, stents, cochlear implants, aneurysm clips, artificial joints)
• No metal fragments in the body (e.g., from industrial work or shrapnel)
• Not pregnant

Where Will the Study Be Conducted?

Both sessions take place at the CoBIC center in Frankfurt-Niederrad.

Important: Participation in both sessions is required.
If you have already taken part in a previous study with us, and we have your MRI scan on file, we can reuse it with your consent—in this case, the second appointment is not necessary.

How Can I Participate in the Study?

For more information and to register please click here!

If you have any questions about the study, please send an email to subtimeper.prj@ae.mpg.de