Get Involved

Take part, train, or partner.

The lab depends on people — those who volunteer for a study, those who train here, and the partners who bring real problems to the work.

For participants

Take part in a study

Much of what the lab knows comes from people who give an hour of their time. Studies recruit families with young children, adults across the Waterloo region, people living with Parkinson's disease, and adults who use cannabis.

A session usually lasts about an hour and involves speaking, listening, or simple tasks on a computer while we record the voice or brain activity with non-invasive sensors. Laurier students can also take part for course credit through the Psychology Research Experience Program (PREP). Anyone interested can sign up below, and we get in touch when a study fits.

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For trainees

Train in the lab

The lab trains researchers at every level, from undergraduate honours and co-op students to master's and doctoral candidates and postdoctoral associates. Because the work spans the three federal research councils — NSERC, SSHRC, and CIHR — a trainee might take up real-time voice manipulation, fNIRS or EEG, neuroimaging analysis, or machine learning, alongside the design and statistics that hold a study together.

Prospective graduate students apply through the Department of Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University. It helps to write first with a short note about your interests and a CV.

Write to Dr. Jones →

For partners

Work with us

The lab measures attention and effort directly from the brain, and tracks the control of the voice moment to moment. These methods also apply outside research: we work with clinical, community, education, and industry partners to put them to problems they actually face — work with Parkinson Society Southwestern Ontario on improving speech in Parkinson's disease through altered auditory feedback, and estimates of mental workload, with implications for education and for safety-critical work.

Programs such as Mitacs can share the cost of a collaboration and place a trained researcher inside it.

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