Web-based Cognitive Tasks: Interactive jsPsych Experiments

These tasks are based on the jsPsych library and have been used in my research with Qualtrics. You can try these right now!

NOTE: These tasks are NOT designed to work on mobile phones and tablets. Please use a desktop or laptop computer for the best experience.

Available Tasks

The Choose-And-Solve Task

An effort-based decision-making task for measuring math avoidance. This task was used in our Science Advances publication (Choe et al., 2019) showing that math-anxious individuals avoid challenging math problems even when offered higher rewards.

Resources:

• Try the demo
• View source code
• Download research data
• Browse problem set

RC-RAGE: Reactive Aggression Experiment

Retaliate or Carry-on: Reactive AGression Experiment - An improved costly-reactive-aggression paradigm developed by Meidenbauer, Choe, Bakkour, Inzlicht, Meidenbauer, & Berman (2023).

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Stop-Signal Task (STOP-IT)

A measure of response inhibition, adapted from the original code by Verbruggen and colleagues (2019).

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Image Rating Tasks

Efficient methods for rating images in research studies:

• Multi-Image Rating Task - Rate multiple images efficiently (work-in-progress)
• Pairwise Image Rating - Traditional pairwise comparison approach

BubbleView Task

A method for studying visual attention by revealing images through interactive “bubbles”. Adapted from the original code by Kim and colleagues (2017).

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Perceptual Metacognition Task

Measures confidence judgments in perceptual decisions. Adapted from the original code by Sochat and colleagues (2016).

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Working Memory Tasks

Two classic working memory paradigms:

• Backward Digit Span Task - Remember and recall digits in reverse order
• Dual N-Back Task - Track simultaneous visual and auditory sequences

Using jsPsych with Qualtrics

Have you wondered how to use jsPsych with Qualtrics? Check out my comprehensive tutorial series:

jsPsych in Qualtrics Tutorial Series

This tutorial walks you through integrating these powerful cognitive tasks into your Qualtrics surveys for online research.

About jsPsych

jsPsych is a JavaScript library for creating behavioral experiments that run in a web browser. It provides a framework for building experiments from modular plugins, making it easier to create complex experimental paradigms for online research.

Citation

If you use these tasks in your research, please cite the original papers linked above. For the Choose-And-Solve Task specifically:

Choe, K. W., Jenifer, J. B., Rozek, C. S., Berman, M. G., & Beilock, S. L. (2019). Calculated avoidance: Math anxiety predicts math avoidance in effort-based decision-making. Science Advances, 5(11), eaay1062.