u/EODPhDandSomething

Hi everybody,

I'm working on my PhD. The focus is looking at if the selective attention of military training makes us more or less resistant to misinformation exposure after an observed event. The Recruitment Letter has all the specifics as well as the link to the study. I'll also copy and paste what is in it below in case you need something to help you sleep.

The guilting part is I was one of the OIF guys doing medical and ordnance...do you feel obligated yet? Of course not, but it would be a big help if you and anyone else you know that might qualify does my little experiment and then maybe I can develop something a little more as to how I had originally planned the study for more refined results.

This isn't the regular "like me" "not like me" surveys you see. It's a series of cognitive tests with a bunch of timer junk I had to put in so that you are not using working memory when tested. It's boring...I had to do it a bunch of times to debug the setup. Also, the military specific demographics questions all figure into the math making those annoying for a reason. So far, the washout rate is I had 8 people start and only 1 has finished at the time of writing. I have to have 90 completed to run the statistics.

As a last bit of information, it's all anonymous. That's for your protection but if you want to know how you did when you have completed it...I have no idea. Best I can offer is the answers in an email and you can read over what's what. I'll also answer any questions if you have them in case anyone is just curious.

The recruitment letter reads:

Hello. I am a doctoral learner under the direction of Professor Susan K. Steele-Moses in the

College of Doctoral Studies at Grand Canyon University. My name is Joshua Walter Barry. I am

conducting a research study to learn how time in the military affects memory of training events. I

am also studying whether job type makes a difference, including combat arms and support roles.

INCLUSION – I am recruiting individuals that meet these criteria:

• Are 18 years old or older.

• Are currently serving or have served in the U.S. Army or U.S. Marine Corps

• Live in the United States, a U.S. territory, or are serving overseas.

• Can read and speak English.

• Can provide your Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) code.

• And you are willing to answer questions related to age, gender, race, ethnicity, rank,

branch, MOS, time in service, and educational level.

EXCLUSION – You cannot be in this study if:

• Are currently in the Delayed Entry Program and are not yet 18.

• Cannot remember or provide your MOS code.

ACTIVITIES for this research project will include:

• Answer questions about your background (about 5 minutes)

• Look at training images.

• Answer brief questions.

• Read short passages.

• Answer memory questions.

• This will take about 20 to 30 minutes total.

• You will do everything online using Gorilla.sc on a computer, laptop, or tablet.

Your participation in this study is voluntary. There is no compensation for participation.

All data in this study will be protected by not collecting personal information. Your responses

will be anonymous and stored on secure systems. Responses are anonymous and stored on

secure, encrypted servers. No names, email addresses, or IP addresses will be collected. Data

will be stored on a password-protected laptop and encrypted external drive accessible only to the

researcher.

Link to Survey

If interested, please click on the link to enter the study:

https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/3141FBB3-AD7C-4577-A4BF-2BD8DEBBE025

If you have questions about this study or are interested in participating, please contact me at

jbarry11@my.gcu.edu and/or 562-900-0403 for more information and next steps.

Thank you!

Joshua Walter Barry

Hey everybody,

I'm doing a memory study for my PhD. I uploaded the Recruitment flyer to G Drive if you are curious about the details. The short is I need current and prior Army and Marines for a memory study. O, WO, E and any rank to include troop that just finished AIT and are waiting for the bus to go to their first duty station.

So you know I'm not some random jerk off the street, I was active army medical stationed at WRAMC and did the initial push into Iraq with a reserve unit out of Boston. Then I switched to EOD in the Guard and did 3rd Army Iraq/Kuwait/Qatar with the Florida and California units. I am a jerk, but not a random one off the street.

I'm also going to warn you this isn't one of those where you say something is "like me" or "not like me." You have to pay attention, there are timers, it's a bunch of test questions. I had to do it a bunch of times trying to debug it and I was ready to kill the creator...me.

But I do honestly think that what I am doing as relevant to the future force. Everything is anonymous so I can't say if you did good or bad, but you can email me at the end if you want to know the answers. As an additional favor, if you can think of anyone else that is/was Army or Marines to include that guy you know that got an admin separation just after finishing AIT, I kinda want as much of everybody as I can; so, shoot them the Recruitment flyer link.

The link for the study is in the flyer and for legal reasons I need you to read it but if it gives you any issues the link to the study is

Domain Specific Loftus Style Misinformation Paradigm

And I know Soldiers and Marines never sign anything without reading first, right?

All jokes aside, thanks for putting up with me whether you participate or not.

Thanks in advance.