Participate in One of our Ongoing Studies!

Music and Pain Study

The Roy Pain Imaging Lab in the Department of Psychology at McGill University is recruiting participants for a study entitled: “Testing the Mediating Role of NaC Activity in Musically Induced Analgesia”. This study is investigating the impact of music on pain.

Participation will last 4 hours over three sessions (1.5hrs, 0.5hrs, 2hrs). In this study, participants will:

  • Submit 10 pieces of their favourite music

  • Complete self-report questionnaires

  • Participate in a 30 minute behavioral session where they will listen to music

  • Undergo sensory calibration procedures

  • Complete a one-hour MRI scan while listening to a series of musical excerpts and receiving painful thermal stimulations on their calf

To participate, you must be:

  • Between the ages of 18 and 40

  • Present no contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging

  • Be free of a history or current diagnosis of any psychiatric, neurological, cardiovascular or chronic pain conditions

  • Not use analgesics, anticonvulsants, narcotics and/or anxiolytics regularly (i.e. more than twice a week)

Participants will receive $80 for their participation!

Contact elise.desbarats@mail.mcgill.ca if you are interested in participating.

Reward and Pain Study

The Pain Imaging Lab is recruiting participants for a study titled: The neural activation associated with the cognitive modulation of pain through reward processing.

In this study, participants will:

  • Complete self-report questionnaires.

  • Undergo several calibration procedures.

  • Complete one-hour MRI scan while performing a cognitive task and receiving painful thermal stimulations with the chance to receive bonus money.

To participate, you must:

  • • Be aged between 18 to 35 years old.

  • • Be free of a history or current diagnosis of any psychiatric, neurological, cardiovascular or chronic pain conditions.

  • • Not use analgesics, anticonvulsants, narcotics and/or anxiolytics regularly (i.e. more than twice a week).

  • • Have no contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging.

Participants will receive $60 for their participation If interested, you may send an email to taskdiffmri@gmail.com in order to receive more information about participating in our study.