The Joint Attention Test
Can you tell when someone is looking at the same photo as you?
This experiment involves two people, and takes less than five minutes to complete. You do 20 quick trials, and receive the score at the end.
How the experiment works
This test is symmetrical: both participants are "senders" and "receivers". One person registers both of you, gives the pair a nickname and a password. Both participants then log on to the experiment at a prearranged time. You can use the same nickname to do this test repeatedly
In each trial, both people are shown a picture. In a random order you will sometimes be shown the same picture, and sometimes a different picture from your partner. After ten seconds, each of you will be asked to answer yes or no to the question, "Was you partner looking at the same picture as you?"
Each participant can choose whether to do the experiment with or without immediate feedback. If you choose to receive feedback, immediately after making each guess, you will be told whether or not your partner was shown the same picture.
After each 20-trial test, you will be told your score. The chance level is 10.
REGISTER
If you have already registered, LOG ON HERE
Note for teachers and group leaders
Troubleshooting
If the hosting server is busy the experiment may "time out" during one of the runs, returning a page not found error. Only in this situation, you may be able to recover by pressing the reload button on your browser then carrying on as usual. If this fails, close all browsers for all participants, then open a new browser for each to restart the experiment login procedure.
If any problems are encountered with the experiment please send as many details as you can to:- Pam quoting your pair's nickname, internet browser and most importantly the URL at which it occured along with a brief description of the problem.
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