Experiences of Memory 2
Radka Jersakova and Akira O'Connor - University of St Andrews, UK.
Time to complete - 15 minutes.
In this study you will be presented with a series of 120 words, 80 new and 40 that will be repetitions. You will be asked to indicate whether a presented word is old or new. At various points during the study you will also be asked about your memory experiences.
Memory for General Knowledge Information
Radka Jersakova and Richard Allen - University of Leeds, UK.
Time to complete - 15 minutes.
In this study we are piloting a set of general knowledge questions to use in further research. We are interested in finding out how easy or hard they are (how likely people are to know the answer) as well as find out whether some are more emotion eliciting than others.
Akira O'Connor and Radka Jersakova - University of St Andrews, UK.
Time to complete - 15 minutes.
In this experiment you will complete a memory task and at various points during the study you will be asked about your memory experiences. At the end of the study you will receive a breakdown of your memory performance and a full debrief.
Memory Advice for Words
Akira O'Connor - University of St Andrews, UK.
Time to complete - 15 minutes.
A short memory test with feedback to tell you how good your memory is. This word memory experiment tests how well you incorporate advice you are given about your memory into your memory decisions. (PC, Mac, iOS & Android).
Reality Monitoring and Inner Speech
Jane Garrison - University of Cambridge, UK.
Time to complete - 10 minutes.
We are investigating the relationship between reality monitoring (our ability to distinguish between imagined information and that arising from experience) and different varieties of inner speech (the sub-vocal conversations we have with ourselves).
Memory Game
Michiko Sakaki and Mara Mather - University of Southern California, USA.
Time to complete - 15 minutes.
Study on how you remember visual images: If you participate in this study, you will play a simple memory game where you will see many images and be asked to remember them.
Effects of Exercise on Memory
Jenni Rodd and Betsy Hanby - University College London, UK.
Time to complete - 10 minutes.
We are interested in how your memory might be affected by the physical activities that you take part in. This short experiment includes some questions about your sporting activities and a short memory task. Anyone can take part.
Word Associations – Do they Reveal how we Think?
Dr Jenni Rodd - University College London, UK.
Time to complete - 5 minutes.
The word association task has a long history in psychology as a tool for investigating how people think. In this experiment you will be required to make word associations to a set of words. We will tell you more about the specific research question at the end of the experiment.
Mating and Consumer Decision Making
Pablo Puertas - University of Oxford, UK.
Time to complete - 10 minutes.
The following study has been designed to explore the nature of human decision-making under different choice scenarios.
Listening Study – Emotional Reactions to Audio
Francis Nevard - University of Oxford, UK.
Time to complete - 10 minutes.
Fun study asking you to listen to 6 one minute audio samples and give feedback about your emotional reaction to them.
How human is this face? (Or eerie, or strange)
Stephanie Lay - The Open University, UK.
Time to complete - 20 minutes
I have a gallery of 60 faces and I’m looking for people to rate them on how human-like, strange and eerie they appear.
Small Screen Readability
Piiastiina Tikka - Northumbria University, UK.
Time to complete - 10 minutes.
The survey aims at learning what makes reading text on small displays, such as mobile phones, a fluent and comfortable experience.
Fear of Being Praised
Momo Murahashi - Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Time to complete - 15 minutes.
This research aims to examine the mechanism of social anxiety and I will be looking at the association between the social anxiety and the fear of evaluation from the others. If you feel uncomfortable to provide information about your social anxiety, you may not prefer to answer those questions. Your participation is completely voluntary. You are free to withdraw from the study at any time during the study. If you wish to withdraw after the data submission, you will need to contact the researcher and provide your codename before 1st of August.
Art Questionnaire
Jean-Luc Jucker - University of Oxford, UK.
Time to complete - 10 minutes.
Study on Art Appreciation Judgements. Participants will see a series of works of art and will be asked simple questions about them.
Learning to Predict the Future
Steven Glautier - University of Southampton, UK.
A short computer-based experiment on learning. You play the part of a trainee observer learning to predict radiation flashes from distant quasars.
The Video Test
Joshua Hartshorne and Tal Makovski. - Harvard University, USA.
What do people learn when they watch videos? This experiment has you watch a video and tests your visual memory. See your visual memory results at the end!
Knowledge and Use of Mnemonics
Dr. Jennifer McCabe, Jonathan Susser, Kelsey Osha and Jennifer Roche - Goucher College, USA
This short survey investigates undergraduate’s knowledge about and use of mnemonic devices. The survey consists of multiple choice, short answer and rating scale questions.
Objects and Concepts
Dr. Daniel Grühn - North Carolina State University, USA
People differ in their interpretation of objects and concepts. We are interested in how certain factors (e.g., gender, age) influences perception. The survey will take about 10 minutes.
How Students Study
Jonathan Susser - Goucher College
This is a survey on the study behaviors of undergraduate college students. Participants will need to respond to rating scales, multiple-choice, and free-write questions on their study strategies. Takes 10-15 minutes to complete. Participants should be current undergraduate college students.
Vague Use of Language
Kris Liu - University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
This survey is on how people comprehend verbal information when it is hedged or somehow expressed with imprecise or vague language.