Below are classic experimental paradigms that can be built and run in Gorilla. These tasks span core areas of an undergraduate degree and are widely used in research methods, cognitive, social and decision-making modules.
Each section highlights key domains in psychology, with example paradigms that illustrate foundational theories and experimental designs.
Explore how people attend to, select and control responses in the presence of competing information.
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Investigate how people switch tasks, update rules and inhibit responses to regulate behaviour.
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Examine how information is encoded, maintained and updated, and sometimes distorted.
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Understand how perceptual processing influences recognition, awareness and memory.
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Explore how people detect patterns, evaluate relationships, and solve abstract problems.
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Assess how implicit associations and automatic processes shape judgements and behaviour.
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Each of these classic paradigms can be cloned, explored and adapted in Gorilla to help students:
On each page above, click Try as Participant on any linked task to experience the task yourself. Clone the task to create your own study with it.
