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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Infants (6-24 months of age) and their parent/guardians are being recruited for a baby neuron system research project funded by the National Institutes of Health</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>Ø</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Project description: </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The human brain contains a neural network with ‘mirroring’ properties that are thought to be critical for learning by imitation, action understanding, perceiving other’s intentions, and accelerating skill learning. The proposed research will investigate the features and developmental milestones of this system in young infants using noninvasive electroencephalography (EEG). EEG is not known to cause risk or harm to people, and is routinely used in medical facilities to study sleep and other disorders. During the experiment, an EEG cap, similar to a swimming cap, will be fitted on the infant subject’s head to record his/her brain activity while he/she observes someone does something or does something himself/herself (e.g., grasping a toy).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>Ø</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Subjects inclusion criteria:</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Healthy infants aging from 6-24 months</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Your infant may not personally benefit from the study, but his/her participation will help researchers understand how infants come to understand others’ action and learn to do some novel things. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>Ø</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Contact:</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Phone: 713-743-0796 or 832-499-6533 Email: </span><a href="mailto:yzhang81@uh.edu"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>yzhang81@uh.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Noninvasive Brain-Machine Interface System Lab, room E413, Eng. Bldg. 2 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><img border=0 width=643 height=2 id="_x0000_i1025" src="file:///C:\Users\yzhang87\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Free and convenient parking is available. An age-appropriate toy, approved by the parent/guardian and selected by the infant, will be provided as a small gift.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>This project has been reviewed by the University of Houston Committee for Protection of Human Subjects (713)743-9204.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>