Albert Gatt
Information Technology Research Institute, University of Brightonan
Participants are asked to rate conjoined noun phrases (of the form "the X and the Y") for their acceptability, i.e. the likelihood of these phrases ever being encountered in real situations. This is done by
(a) assigning a phrase a number reflecting their acceptability and/or
(b) displaying the degree of acceptability of the phrase visually on a slider. Participants who complete the experiment are entered into a prize draw for a £15 ($27) electronic book voucher from amazon.co.uk. Winners will be contacted by email.
Participant are presented with short video clips where the audio is dubbed over with the aim of eliciting the McGurk effect. They are then asked to identify the consonant that they heard. Takes less than 10 minutes.
An experiment in cognitive and social psychology which examines attribution tendencies. It takes a maximum of 5 minutes, and participants have the opportunity to be entered into a raffle for $120 (US residents only for raffle, any other native anglophones welcome for the experiment alone).
Kavita Thomas
Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeenansonline.co
This experiment is one of several experiments conducted in the Atlas.txt project. This project aims to communicate information found in geo-referenced data (which is often visualised as census maps) as spoken text to make this information accessible for visually-impaired people. Your participation will help us to produce better quality texts.
In this study, we investigate which factors influence the credibility of a website that provides healthcare information. Credibility of a website is how much you find it believable and trustworthy.
In this study we look into performance-based pay in leadership positions. You will be presented by a story about a manager and then asked about how much you would pay the manager.
It takes about 10 minutes to take part. Participants should have at least four years of full-time work-experience in a company.