Cognitive Psychology

How do People Process Information?

Dr Theodora Zarkadi and Dr Simone Schnall - University of Cambridge
Sep
29
2010

The Experiment aims at investigating how people process information. We would like to ask you to watch a video and then answer a series of questions based on this video.

Emotional Experiences: Evaluating Scales to Discern Population Norms

Daniel Zahra - The University of Plymouth
Jul
29
2010

This study aims to assess the relationships between different aspects of emotional experiences and provide population norms for the scales used.

Objects and Concepts

Dr. Daniel Grühn - North Carolina State University, USA
Jul
6
2010

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
Jul
6
2010

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
May
15
2010

This survey is on how people comprehend verbal information when it is hedged or somehow expressed with imprecise or vague language.

How do you Choose your Lottery Numbers?

Helen Soteriou - City University
Apr
8
2010

Study looking at decision-making in a gambling context.

The Experience of Privacy

Asimina Vasalou, Etienne Roesch and Adam Joinson - University of Bath
Mar
28
2010

We are conducting research to understand the subjective experience that follows a privacy violation. If you have experienced a privacy violation in the past you are eligible for taking part in our study. It takes about 15 minutes to complete.

Attitudes to Smoking

Zainab Noor - University College London
Mar
19
2010

Study assessing how you respond to smoking and non-smoking related images.

Sleep Study

SallyAnn Wakeford - University of Bath
Mar
16
2010

I would like to hear from adults over the age of 18 years who do not have a diagnosis of epilepsy or autism and would be willing to complete a questionnaire which investigates sleep and behaviour. The research aims to investigate the way that sleep is related to patterns of behaviour in adults with and without a diagnosis of epilepsy.

Multi-factorial Decision Making Assessment

Dr. Miron Zuckerman - University of Rochester, NY, USA
Mar
16
2010

This study aims to understand better how people make predictions when given limited information.

Personality Characteristics of Human Models and Virtual Models 1 & 2

Dr Etta Drews - University of Sunderland
Mar
5
2010

Participants will be asked to rate on a scale of 1 to 7 personality characteristics of human and virtual models male and female with and without tattoos

Predicting the Future Study

Dr. Miron Zuckerman - Rochester University, New York, USA
Jan
31
2010

This aims to understand better how people make predictions when given limited information

Perception of Male Faces

Graham Frize Institution - City University, London and and CNWL NHS Trust
Dec
14
2009

This 10 minute study will present computer-simulated images of male faces and record responses to them (ratings and/or reaction times)

Pronoun Sleuth

Joshua Hartshorne and Jesse Snedeker - Harvard University
Dec
8
2009

George Washington always refers to George Washinton. “He” can refer to any male. How good are you at figuring out what pronouns mean?

Puntastic!

Joshua Hartshorne and Jesse Snedeker - Harvard University
Dec
8
2009

What makes some puns funny and others not? We’d like to know

Applying autobiographical memory research in legal cases: What specific details can adults recall of negative and positive childhood events?

Gabriel Davies, Prof.M.Conway and Dr. C. Morrison - Leeds University
Nov
30
2009

This study looks at what specific details adults can recall from both negative and positive childhood memories

Planning Experiment

Christoph Ungemach. - Warwick University, UK.
Nov
12
2009

Help us understand how people think about time.

Subjective Experiences of Memory

Helen Williams and Chris Moulin - University of Leeds
Oct
4
2009

This research stems from our interest in people’s awareness of their own memory abilities, and people’s justifications about how accurately they remember something. You will be shown justification statements and confidence ratings that previous participants made when they thought they recognised a word as being one they had encountered earlier in an experiment and your task is to decide which category their justification falls into from: Remember, Know, Familiar, Guess

A study of Risk Taking and Contextual Warnings

Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas (postgraduate student) & Dr. Elizabeth Hellier -
Sep
22
2009

You will be asked to complete a questionnaire assessing different risks and judge fictitious warning labels. Duration aprox.15-20 minutes

What do we mean when we use the Word Privacy?

Asimina Vasalou. - University of Bath, UK.
Sep
14
2009

You will be presented with features of privacy that were most commonly mentioned by participants of a previous study. You will then be asked to rate how central each feature is to privacy. Takes no more than 20 minutes. Participants should be people who have been raised and are currently living in the UK.

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