Web Experimental Psychology Lab
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The Web Experimental Psychology Lab is a website for participating in Web-based experiments
Web-based experiments
A Web-based experiment or "Internet-based experiment" is an experiment that is conducted over the Internet. Psychology and Linguistics are probably the disciplines that have used these experiments most widely, although a range of other disciplines use web-based experiments. Within Psychology most...

, a method used in experimental psychology
Experimental psychology
Experimental psychology is a methodological approach, rather than a subject, and encompasses varied fields within psychology. Experimental psychologists have traditionally conducted research, published articles, and taught classes on neuroscience, developmental psychology, sensation, perception,...

. The Web Experimental Psychology Lab was founded in 1995, by Ulf-Dietrich Reips
Ulf-Dietrich Reips
Prof. Dr. Ulf-Dietrich Reips is an IKERBASQUE research professor at University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain. In his previous position he was an assistant professor and lecturer at the Psychology Department of the University of Zurich, Switzerland...

 at the University of Tübingen, and is now at the University of Zürich
University of Zurich
The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....

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Researchers at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

 are currently conducting an innovative psychology and law study that uses video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...

of a criminal trial. Participants who go to the website can watch the trial (less than one hour long) and act as jurors.

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