You have been invited to take part in a research study named Stress and Anxiety Reduction. The study is designed to learn more about interventions and methods to reduce stress and anxiety levels in undergraduate students during the school semester. The research is being conducted by Dr. Wendy Suzuki, a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the NYU Center for Neural Science.

If you agree to be in this study, you wi ll be asked to do the following: complete a questionnaire asking your age and sex, read and fill out a pre - intervention anxiety questionnaire and cognitive task, complete a randomized 5 - minute interve ntion that could include home work, listening to a podcast or a story or music , doing a guided visualization, doing a guided sound therapy session, or doing a chair yoga session, and complete a post - intervention anxiety questionnaire and cognitive test. Your participation will take abou t 15 - 20 minutes, and will be completed in one session. You will receive 0.5 credits if you complete this study. If you withdraw before the end of the study, you will receive no credit. If you choose not to participate, you can fulfill the course requiremen t in other ways besides participating in this study.

There are no known risks associated with your participation in this research beyond those of everyday life. Although you will receive no direct benefits, this research may help the investigator understand interventions and methods to reduce stress and anxiety levels in undergraduate students during the school semester

Participation in this study is voluntary. Not taking part or withdrawing will not affect your grades or academic standing in any way. You have the right to skip or not answer any questions you prefer not to answer. When you complete the study, a thorough written explanation of it will be provided

Confidentiality of your research records will be strictly maintained by assigning code numbers to each participant so that data is never directly linked to individual identity. All completed materials will be kept in a secured server within the Suzuki lab only accessible to the investigator. Information not containing identifiers may be used in future research or shared with other researchers without your additional consent.

The researcher cannot keep information confidential if they have concerns that someone is hurting children, that someone is hurting you, or that you might hurt yourself or someone else. In such cases, they will inform people in authority about their concerns.

Although you may be asked to report experiences with stress and anxiety, this is not a clinical study and you will not receive any feedback on the interpretation or treatment of any reported problems. If you have concern about your health or anxiety, contact the NYU Wellness Center (212) 443-1000.

If there is anything about the study or your participation in it that is unclear or that you do not understand, if you have any questions or wish to report a research-related problem, you may contact the principle investigator, Wendy Suzuki, at (212) 998-3734, ws21@nyu.edu, 4 Washington Place, Room 809, New York, NY, 10003.

For questions about your rights as a research participant, you may contact the University Committee on Activities Involving Human Subjects (UCAIHS), NYU, (212) 998-4808 or at ask.humansubjects@nyu.edu, 665 Broadway, Suite 804, New York, New York, 10012. Please reference the study # (IRB-FY2020-4690) when contacting the IRB (UCAIHS).