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Winter Weather Announcement

All classes and activities at Kean Ocean will continue to be conducted remotely through Sunday, March 1, due to ongoing power issues.

This remote schedule applies only to Kean Ocean. Kean’s main campus in Union and Kean Skylands will operate as normal. 

Only essential personnel should report in person for work at Kean Ocean during this time. Employees with questions about their status should consult their supervisor.

Puberty and Virtual Reality Project

TEEN Lab at Kean University is actively recruiting participants for our “Puberty & Virtual Reality” study. If you have a daughter between 14 and 17 years old, you may be eligible to contribute to our exciting neuroscience research! 

*Image (right) generated by ChatGPT for conceptual understanding. 

Teen uses VR headset

The purpose of this study is to understand how puberty affects the way our brain processes rewards and stress in virtual reality environments. 

Your child’s involvement helps researchers advance translational neuroscience research for stress and youth mental health in the long-term 

 

What’s involved? 

    Total estimated time: ~2.5 hours 

•At home:  

   Online questionnaires (~30 min) 

•During one time lab visit: 

   a. Four times of saliva collection to       measure stress hormones (~20 min) 

  b. Public speech in VR session (~15 min) 

  c. Computerized reward tasks (60 min) 

   d. A short follow-up survey (20min) 

 
For more information, please contact us at teenlab@kean.edu.