Do you have a child that likes to ham it up? We are seeking 4-to-6 year old Hispanic/Latino, Asian, South Asian, Native American and African American children to make faces for the camera!
[Update 4/30/10]: While we are still seeking children of the above ethnicities, we are especially seeking children of Hispanic/Latino and South Asian decent. Please contact us or pass this along to anyone you know who might want to participate!
Cat Thrasher Photography and the Child Study Center at UVa are creating a stimulus set of children making emotional facial expressions for use in scientific studies. It is important that this set represent the ethnic diversity that exists in the world, so we need your help!
Children are asked to come into the Child Study Center and pose emotional facial expressions. Appointments take place in Gilmer Hall, on grounds at UVA, and can be scheduled on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, anytime between 8am and 8pm. Visits take only 20 minutes, and children will receive a t-shirt or a small toy for participation. Parents will be paid $20 for their time.
Want to participate? Sign up by calling the Child Study Center at 434.243.5234 or emailing childstudycenter@virginia.edu and ask about the Face Pictures.
Know someone who might want to participate? Pass along the flyer below!
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The flyer above is available in English or Spanish.
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[...] Things have been BUSY around here. It’s always busy in a sense, but lately it’s been quite insane. Why? Well, there are a couple transitions going on. First off, I’m leaving a long stint as a researcher at the Child Study Center at UVa in 4 weeks to dedicate myself full-time to photography. I am thrilled to be fully self-employed – however, I will surely miss the lab. Until then, we’re frantically trying to recruit as many children as we can to complete the Child Affective Facial Expression stimulus set in time for my departure. (Know any Hispanic or Indian/South Asian children between the ages of 4 and 6? We’re still in need of these subjects to pose emotional faces for us! The visit is quick, easy, and we’ll pay you $20! For details, see this blog post.) [...]