Spotting Lies and Reading Minds

Thank you for your interest in our research project!

We are delighted that you are thinking of participating in our research. Please watch the video below in which Imogen, one of the researchers involved in the project, explains a bit about who we are, what we do, and what you can expect if you choose to participate in this study. The video is under 3 minutes long.

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What you will be doing:
  • Basic background information, questionnaires, tests of general ability, LIE-DETECTION!!
  • Study broken down in to 3 stages, each approximately 30 minutes. Plenty of places to take breaks, no need to finish whole study in one sitting, but ideally within one day. The entire session takes less than 2 hours (excluding any breaks).
  • Enter into a prize draw where every 1 in 10 participants win £20 / $30 + BONUS PRIZES for best lie detector!
Eligibility criteria:
  • Participants must be between 18-30 years of age, autistic or non-autistic.
  • Participants should either be native English speakers or be extremely fluent speakers of English.
System requirements:
  • This online study can only be attempted from a computer – this can be a laptop or a desktop, but NOT a phone or tablet.
  • You will need a fast internet connection – your connection should be fast enough that streaming videos on websites like Youtube or Netflix should not encounter any buffering.
  • Compatible browsers – Chrome and Firefox.

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Additional information:

Ethical approval: This research project has been reviewed and approved by UCL Research and Ethics board. Project ID: 14807/002.

Payments: One in every ten participants will win a voucher of £20 / $30. All payments will be made in amazon (UK or US) vouchers – you will have the option to indicate your preference within the study. If you are one of the lucky winners, we will email you your vouchers. Performance based vouchers are awarded participant age group wise, and will only be sent out once the data collection for he study is complete.

Downloads: Click on the links below to download a copy of the information sheet, consent form and resource sheet for your records. You don’t need to complete these right now, you and your child will have an opportunity to read through the relevant documents and give consent once the study begins.

Spotting Lies (information sheet).pdf
Spotting Lies (consent).pdf
Spotting Lies (resource sheet).pdf

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If you are having any problems downloading the documents, have accidentally exited the study, or would like to talk to the researcher, email Ishita Chowdhury

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