Perception Lab Online Experiments

Attractiveness Ratings: In this experiment, you will rate 60 faces for attractiveness. The test should take 5-10 minutes to complete.

How Do I Look? In this experiment, you will be asked to rate male faces for age, height and masculinity. This whole experiment should take about 10 minutes to complete.

Yes We Can: In this brief experiment, you will manipulate Barack Obama and (the newly-dethroned) Nicolas Sarkozy to make them look like the best leader. This test takes about one minute.

Who's the Fairest of Them All? In this experiment, you will rate a series of faces for attractiveness (adult faces) or cuteness (infant faces). This experiment should take about 15 minutes to complete.

What Are You Looking At? In this experiment you will look at faces, but YOU get to decide how long to view each one. You will spend 5 minutes looking at faces, but how long you look at a face is up to you! You can change the presentation time using a set of keys. The entire study takes about 8 minutes to complete, and is open to men & women age 18-40.

Make Me Attractive: This experiment is for WOMEN. You will be asked to alter male faces to make them appear most attractive. Participants will also be asked to complete a questionnaire about their history and personal opinions. This whole experiment should take about 15 minutes to complete.

A Manly Man? In this experiment you will rate the social dominance of a set of faces - there are two sets and you can rate one or both. The test should take about 5-10 minutes, but it depends on how much time you spend rating each face.

Attraction and Trust: In this experiment you will be asked to rate the attractiveness and trustworthiness of male faces. The experiment takes 5 minutes to complete.

Economic Games: In this experiment you will be presented with faces and asked if you want to cooperate with them. At the end of the block you will see how much you and your partners have won. The experiment takes 3 minutes to complete.

I'm Better Looking Than That! In this experiment you will be asked to complete 3 tasks: (1) A quick series of questions about general demography, mood and comparison tendencies; (2) A viewing task where you get to decide how long to view each face; (3) A rating task where you will be asked to rate how attractive each person is. The whole experiment should take 15 minutes to complete.

Make Me Beautiful: In this experiment you will be asked to alter faces to make them appear most attractive. You will also be asked a series of questions about your views of your own appearance. This test should take about 5 minutes to complete.

What Women Want: This experiment is for WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT, HAVE HAD A CHILD IN THE PAST YEAR OR ARE CURRENTLY USING HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT). We will first ask you a series of questions relating to your menstrual cycle to assess your hormonal profile. Next you will do a simple experiment where you view a series of faces, but you get to decide how long to look at each face!