Lab Resources

The following are some of the resources associated with the Anderson Behavioral Lab.

Lab Suite

The Anderson Behavioral Laboratory (MCM 4010) is an approximately 1,500 square foot facility that consists of 5 rooms: lobby, two data collection rooms with computer workstations, a "boardroom" for focus group or social interaction research, and an experimenter control room.

Research Rooms

Silver Suite: 10-12 seat room with audio and recording capabilities, 10 all-in-one Dell Computers, with mice and headphones for each participant.

Cherry Suite: 10-12 seat room with audio and recording capabilities, 10 all-in-one Dell Computers, with mice and headphones for each participant.

Boardroom: equipped with camera and microphone systems connected to Control Room's Computer for monitoring focus groups or teams research.

Hardware

All-in-One Desktop Computers (x20): 10 are available in each research room.

Headphones for each computer terminal (x20) 

Laptops (x6): Dell laptops for mobile research deployment.

Locking portable laptop storage and charging cart (x1): Used to store Dell Laptops, can contain up to 10 laptops and chargers.

Empatica E4 Wristbands (x4): Only wearable on the market to combine EDA and PPG sensors, enabling the measurement of sympathetic nervous system and heart rate.

Tobii Pro Spectrum Eye Tracker (x1):  Latest and most advanced eye tracking platform, designed from extensive studies into human behavior. This system can capture data in high sampling frequency, without hindering head movements.

Large flat LCD displays are mounted in each research room, boardroom and entrance of Laboratory (x4)

Software

DirectRT: Software from Empirisoft that facilitates reaction time experiments.

MediaLab: Experiment delivery software from Empirisoft.

Microsoft Office (for all computers and laptops).

Noldus Face Reader: Fast, flexible, objective, accurate, and easy to use, with instant data analysis (of videos, live recordings and images); capable of audio recording.

Nvivo 12 PLUS – Qualitative data analysis software (installed on one lab laptop available for checkout)

Qualtrics:  Web-based survey software for UNM faculty and students. Qualtrics combines exceptional ease of use with an advanced set of features. 

SONA-Systems: The Lab holds a license for this software that manages research participation pools administration.

Tobii Pro Eye Tracker Manager: Supporting software that helps in calibrating and managing the connected eye-tracker and screens. Allows for an easy configuration whether the eye tracker is being used with its own screen or with a different computer. For Tobii Pro Spectrum, Eye Tracker Manager is used to update the firmware.

Tobii Pro Lab: Software that provides a visual user interface and features that can be utilized in the testing, recording and analysis of all phases of an eye tracking experiment. Tobii Pro Lab’s analysis and visualization tools allow researchers to efficiently and effectively process and prepare data for analysis and interpretation, as well as its presentation.

Participant Pools

All UNM students age 18 or over are eligible to sign up for the Anderson Behavioral Lab Paid Participant Pool. Students receive extra credit, LoboCash or gift cards for their participation, as well as gain a valuable learning opportunity. UNM students who are enrolled in MGMT 306, MGMT 322, and other participating Anderson courses are required to complete research participation credits. SONA Systems Management software (web-based) is used to facilitate recruiting, participant sign-up, and confirmation of participation.

Study Facilitation

The lab employs research and graduate assistants who have received humans subjects research training and are available to serve in a study facilitation capacity (i.e., as "experimenters").