Week One of Summer Internship Blog Post
IRB
- The first order of business for the Summer Internship was securing the renewal of our IRB approval. The approval, obtained last Summer, expires on June 1st, and we managed to submit all the necessary forms this week.
- We are still waiting on the powers that be to sign off on our project for the Summer, and the main power-that-is will be back in the office on Tuesday. (It was much easier this time because we just needed to update things here and there).
Recruitment
- Flyers, we prepared the flyer for recruiting participants. Participants are needed but it is quite difficult for participants to commit especially in the summer.
- Announcement were done also by talking with students, staff and community members
- For the recruiting purpose, we updated the blog by posting some pictures of the equipment and the work of the spring.
Continue ISF
- With all of the mechanisms in place to conduct research on a neurofeedback paradigm named “Infraslow Fluctuation Training,” we figured that continuing to collect data in this realm would be of importance.
- We still need several more participants to have an iron clad case for statistical significance. We appreciate all referrals and devotion of time to help actualize this research.
New intern
- Introduced to the project and directed in the completion of the NIH certification, which is about protecting the Human Research Participants
Money Situation
- A mainstay of this project have been barriers presented by financing our equipment. Unfortunately, we cannot take any more QEEG’s until we cut a check to our friends across the pond.
Private server Forms make sure working
- In the Spring, the electronic forms were ready, but not all that feasible to implement. If the Raspberry pi we were using was powered off, we needed some level 1 tech support to get it up and running again.
- A goal for the coming weeks is to organize a station with some integrity.
Future directions
- Portable Caps?
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