Healthy Minds Research Volunteer Registry -Los Angeles, CA

The USC Healthy Minds Research Volunteer Registry is comprised of individuals who are interested in helping research labs at the University of Southern California. USC researchers are working towards a greater understanding of how aging can affect physical, mental and emotional health. Our goal is to learn how we can maintain healthy minds and bodies across our lifespan.

Results from these studies will provide important information about what can be done to maintain healthy minds and bodies as we age.

Our studies typically involve completing various cognitive tasks and answering questionnaires; a few of them also use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to record brain activity while people complete cognitive tasks.

Some studies pay volunteers a stipend for their time; others involve unpaid volunteers. Some of the studies only involve older participants, but many of the studies also include younger and middle-aged adults in order to compare cognitive processes across different age groups.