Your child has been invited to take part in a study named SONA Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire. The study is designed to explore the relationships between lifestyle aspects including exercise, language and screen activities and various heath and demographic information including gender, education and handnesness . The research is being conducted by Dr. Wendy Suzuki, a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the NYU Center for Neural Science.

If your child agrees to be in this study, they will be asked to complete a questionnaire asking about the following information: age, sex, education history, handedness, socioeconomic status, clinical history, smoking habits, weight and height, food choices, sleeping patterns, personality type, GPA, mood, language abilities, reading patterns, social interactions, musical abilities, exercise patterns, screen activity and driving. Your child’s participation will take about 30 minutes and will be completed in one session. They will receive 1 credit if they complete this study. If your child withdraws before the end of the study, they will receive no credit. If they choose not to participate, they can fulfill the course requirement in other ways besides participating in this study.

There are no known risks associated with your child’s participation in this research beyond those of everyday life. Although your child will receive no direct benefits, this research may help the investigator uncover new relationships or associations between health and lifestyle factors in undergraduate students.

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

Confidentiality of your child’s 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 child’s additional consent.

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

If there is anything about the study or your child’s 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 child’s rights as a research participant, you may contact the University Committee on Activities Involving Human Subjects (UCAIHS/IRB), New York University, (212) 998-4808 or ask.humansubjects@nyu.edu, 665 Broadway, Suite 804, New York, NY 10012.