Institute for Language Sciences Labs

FAQ

Recruiting adult participants

This howto details how to go about recruiting adult participants in the ILS Labs. If you would like to participate in an experiment yourself, as a participant, see our website for participants. Contents Who can use the ILS adult participant database? How many and what kind of participants are in the database? How does it…

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Where are the laptops and projector that the ILS secretaries used to lend out?

The laptops and projector (beamer) that the ILS secretaries used to lend out, have been moved to ICT&Media. See the intranet page about ICT&M’s mediafaciliteiten (Dutch only). You can now reserve them by emailing dh-it@nulluu.nl. These ‘general purpose’ laptops can be used for education and for presentations in the humanities faculty. It is no longer…

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Can I record a podcast in the ILS Labs?

The ILS Labs facilities are for experimental research; they not intended for recording podcasts. The UU does offer the following facilities for recording podcasts: A DIY podcast studio at Bolognalaan in the Uithof: https://resourcebooker.uu.nl/ The studio managed by Hans Schuurman at Kromme Nieuwegracht in the city center.

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Using the lab for just one sound recording

Here’s what you need to know and do if you want to just record some speech for experiment stimuli (without doing a whole experiment) in the ILS Labs: The ILS Labs facilities can be used by linguistics students and staff from Utrecht University. If you’re not a UU linguist but do want to use the…

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Covid protocol (July 2022)

While working in the lab, please observe the following guidelines, and make sure that your participants do, as well. 1. Regularly self test if you are running participants. Self tests are available in the labs where participants are being run; if you run out, ask lab support. 2. If you cannot keep 1.5 m distance…

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