Assessing the use of biomarkers to measure children’s reading skills

The purpose of the study is to explore the usefulness of biomarkers (e.g., eye movements and brain activity) to measure children’s reading skills (e.g., good reading skill, poor reading skill or diagnosis of dyslexia).

This is an unofficial, parsed copy. The official listing is authoritative:

Open on research.tamu.edu

Pay and time

Guaranteed $/hour

$25/hr

Guaranteed money only, divided by stated participant time. Raffles are excluded.

Compensation

$50

form of payment not stated

Time

2 hours

Source text — check our reading against the listing

Below is the compensation and duration text exactly as the university publishes it, markup and all. Everything above is derived from these two strings. If they disagree with our numbers, believe these.

Compensation, verbatim

$50

Duration, verbatim

2 hours
Compensation confidence:
high
Duration confidence:
high
Currency kind:
unknown
Raffle only:
no

Who can take part

Age:
7 to 11
Who takes part:
A parent and child together

Other criteria mentioned in the listing:

  • enrols children only - a parent or guardian must consent
  • English fluency required

Cannot tell from your details

  • This study enrols ages 7-11. Add your age to check whether you fit.
  • This study needs a parent and child taking part together, not a lone adult volunteer.
  • This is a filtering hint based on the wording of the listing, not medical advice. The study team makes the final call.
Your details(not set — nothing is filtered out)

Private, local-first details.

Your answers are saved in this browser. If you sign in with one of the two provisioned Google accounts, they also sync to the same private Firebase owner vault so you do not have to re-enter them on another device. There is no analytics on this page. PressingClear my details clears the profile locally and from the synced record.

What you enter is only used to sort listings into "looks like a fit", "probably not", and "cannot tell". That is areading of the wording on each listing, not a medical or official determination. Only the study team can say whether you qualify, and they will screen you themselves.

How old are you?

Nearly every listing states an age range, so this is the single most useful answer.

Are you right-handed?

Some brain-imaging studies enrol right-handed participants only.

Can you safely have an MRI scan?

Say no if you have metal in your body, an implanted device, a pacemaker, or you cannot tolerate an enclosed scanner.

Do you have a cardiovascular condition?

For example heart disease, high blood pressure, or a past cardiac event.

Are you currently pregnant?
Do you have a history of seizures or epilepsy?
Sex

A handful of studies enrol one sex only. Nothing else uses this.

Would you be willing to fast before a visit?

A few studies need you to arrive without having eaten.

Are you a Texas A&M student?

Some studies recruit through the university subject pool; a few want non-students.

Get in touch

Many of these postings are out of date, so the first thing to ask is whether the study is still recruiting. The draft below does that for you, and states anything from your details that the listing screens for — it will not leave that out to improve your odds.

Contact the study team

The coordinator's address is hidden until you ask for it, so crawlers cannot scrape it off this page.

Study record

IRB number:
STUDY2024-0633
IRB approval:
November 27, 2024
Principal investigator:
PI: Steven Woltering, PhD
Coordinator:
Juan Quiñonez
Recruitment opened:
not stated
Recruitment ends:
not stated
Posted:
August 5, 2025
Last modified upstream:
August 5, 2025
Posting length:
12 months
Location:
Bryan-College Station – on-campus
Format:
Online Survey, Single Visit
Field:
Behavioral Sciences, Brain Sciences, Education, Elementary, Psychology / Cognitive
Topic:
Childhood Development

Data snapshot taken August 14, 2026.