Language Experiments

The Language Experiments Portal is an increasingly successful gateway to psycholinguistic experiments on the web. The aim of the site is to provide a single entry point for a range of experiments on language; one site to advertise, one site to find in search engines. If you would like to add a study to our list of current studies, please see the information and conditions below.

How the Portal Works

The pointers to working experiments are randomised every time the index page is loaded, so that every study gets an equal chance of appearing at the top of the list. When studies have expired, they are removed and placed on the List of Previous Experiments, with pointers to the email addresses of the people responsible for the experiment. If the experiment included a prize draw, then the winners should be published on List of Winners.

Conditions of Advertising a Study

• The only link that can be given for any study advertised is http://www.language-experiments.org/ (possibly in conjunction with the name of the study that is given in the list of experiments). This is to ensure that the Language Experiments Portal remains an easy-to-find and popular site; by adhering to this rule the general traffic to the site will be increased, and everyone running experiments will benefit.
• Published work on the basis of experiments linked from this site must mention that the Language Experiments Portal was the primary link for the experiment. We also encourage you to link your publication to our List of Publications.
• All experimenters that use the Language Experiments Portal have to adhere to standard ethical guidelines for the experimentation with human subjects. These are laid down, for instance, in the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct by the American Psychological Association.
• When you advertise an your experiment, please stick to standard Internet rules regarding advertising. In particular, you should respect the conventions regarding posting to newsgroups or mailing lists. In other words: please don't spam anyone when advertising the Language Experiments Portal.
• The maintainers of the Language Experiments Portal (who are also the WebExp developers) maintain the right to make arbitrary decisions regarding the advertising of experiments. In particular, we have the right to reject a link because:
  • We do not feel that the experiment to be advertised is compatible with the aims of the site;
  • The technology used is too restrictive, or unreliable;
  • There are too many experiments running at any given time.

How to Apply for a Link

• The URL of your experiment;
• A brief description of what it is;
• A two or three-word description to be used in the list of experiments;
• How long the experiment takes to complete;
• An expiry date;
• Contact email address of the experimenter;
• Whether the experiment has particular technical requirements above and beyond standard HTML and CGI form handling.

We very much hope that you will consider using the Language Experiments Portal to advertise your language experiments in the future. The more people using the site as a launchpad, the more popular it will become, and the more everyone looking for participants in language experiments will benefit.

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