Building, Hosting and Recruiting: A Brief Introduction to Running Behavioral Experiments Online

• Published in: Brain sciences Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 251
• Main Authors: Sauter, Marian, Draschkow, Dejan, Mack, Wolfgang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 24.04.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Automation; behavioral sciences; COVID-19; Data acquisition; Experiments; Internet; online experiments; online methods; Open access; Opinion; remote testing; Researchers; Responsible persons; Software upgrading; Studies; Wilderness; remote testing; online experiments; online methods; behavioral sciences

Researchers have ample reasons to take their experimental studies out of the lab and into the online wilderness. For some, it is out of necessity, due to an unforeseen laboratory closure or difficulties in recruiting on-site participants. Others want to benefit from the large and diverse online popu...