Your first step into programming online experiments.Many experimental psychologists want to learn to code. Favourite languages are JavaScript, R, Python and MATLAB. But why do so many researchers spend the time learning to script when they could use experiment...
An age-old debate is whether we should teach statistics not using manual calculations, but also using software such as SPSS, MINITAB, JASP etc. While many teachers and lecturers prefer manual calculation, we believe there is a better way. We believe students gain the...
As we hit the 2 year anniversary of living in a pandemic, how are researchers using behavioural research to measure the impact of the pandemic and inform policy responses? Our expert panel share the results of their research into the cognitive consequences of long...
In this webinar we hear from three behavioural science professionals about the work they do, their journeys from academia into industry, and some top tips for anyone considering a career change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwxRirrXXP8 With the help of our experts:...
In this webinar, we hear from Andrew Gordon and Jo Evershed about how you can collect high-quality data from high quality, engaged participants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s95XIGkx_LM Many researchers worry about: * Finding engaged participants* That...
When you think of an online study, what type of study comes to mind? A questionnaire? A simple reaction time task with images and a button click? It’s easy to imagine how someone else can take a simple study online. But when you think about all the complexities of...
“Am I going to be successful taking research online. Are you sure it won’t be too technically difficult? I’m not a computer scientists and I don’t want to be!” - You, probably. I used to have the same problem. I wanted to take my research online, but I wanted to...
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced most behavioral science researchers to transition from in-person and lab-based testing to online research. The sudden explosion in the quantity of online research studies has inevitably affected both participant recruitment and...
Gorilla Game Builder allows you to create gamified versions of classic studies, increasing participant engagement and attention. Gorilla Multiplayer lets you create interactive tasks for multiple participants to complete at the same time - perfect for social and...
In this interview, Jo Evershed talks to us about some of the exciting research that has been made possible using gamification in Gorilla and shares with us her vision for the future of the field. There is a growing trend for researchers in the field of psychology to...
Every month, the Gorilla support team put together several hours of live webinar broadcast, help out over a hundred different researchers, and run a range of workshops with our keenest users to tweak and refine the range of new tools we have on the horizon. It’s a...
In this guest blog we hear from Dr James Bartlett about the importance of researchers sharing their research materials online. Thanks James! When we teach students about writing an effective method section, we normally emphasise providing enough detail to allow...
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 fifteen years between...
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 of each...
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.
Shop Builder is a powerful and easy-to-use tool for conducting research into shopping and consumer behaviour. It’s a sophisticated tool built for rigorous research. In a nutshell, to your participants Shop Builder looks like a normal online shop, but behind the scenes...
Economic psychologists and consumer behaviour scientists - welcome home! The Shop Builder is our new, unique Gorilla tool that allows you to easily create an online shop within minutes and use it as an interactive task where participants can browse through the...
Programming has fundamentally changed many facets of life over the last 20 years and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The field of behavioural science is no exception. Over the last ten years, many research software engineers have created products...
