Pro­gram­ming in Online Behav­ioral Science: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

by Joshua Balsters | Jun 2, 2021 | Insights

I did a BSc in Psy­chol­o­gy quite a long time ago and although a lot of things have changed — such as the grey bits in my hair — I’ve noticed that at least one thing hasn’t. Most psy­chol­o­gy stu­dents hate: Sta­tis­tics Com­put­er programming There were...

The HIVE

by Joshua Balsters | Jun 1, 2021 | Games, Gorilla Games Builder

A research plat­form for study­ing how groups of people think, feel and behave togeth­er in groups. It works as an app that people can access with their smart­phone. After logging in, the Hive envi­ron­ment dis­plays a dot that can be dragged around. The coor­di­nate...

Fun­Maths

by Joshua Balsters | Jun 1, 2021 | Games, Gorilla Games Builder

The number beads game devel­ops addi­tion and sub­trac­tion maths skills in primary school kids. The minimal artwork is by design — to allow chil­dren to only focus on the maths. This game has been trialed in several countries....

Trea­sure Collector

by Joshua Balsters | May 18, 2021 | Games, Gorilla Games Builder

Niko Steinbas at UCL commission us to create a series of Go/NoGo games that could be used to train executive function. These games are designed to be played by kids over 8 weeks with the games constantly adapting to the players level of ability....

Gorilla Presents… Speech Pro­duc­tion Online (Webinar)

by Joshua Balsters | Apr 6, 2021 | Gorilla Presents, Insights

This webinar is all about speech pro­duc­tion online. With the help of our experts: Dr Neil Kirk, Abertay Uni­ver­si­ty (twitter: @DrNeilKirk) Dr Emma James, Oxford Uni­ver­si­ty (twitter: @emljames) Dr Abbie Brad­shaw, UCL (twitter: @ABradshawPhD) Roger Hauber,...