Our Laboratory facilities

Features:

• Specialist biometric equipment including eye tracking, heart rate monitoring and emotion recognition software.
• 32 computer terminals with noise-cancelling headphones for controlled experiments.
• 32 mobile lab devices for in-field experiments.
• A dedicated team of managerial and support staff.
• A subject pool of over 2,000 participants ready to participate in experiments.

Proven results

Our Behavioural Science Lab offers researchers, businesses and other external partners testing opportunities that are unmatched. It has contributed to our reputation for excellence in research, helping researchers secure large grants from the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust and Horizon 2020.

As well as Essex researchers, academics from around the world have benefitted from conducting their experiments in our Lab, including academics from the European University Institute, Gothenburg University and the University of California Davis.