Netcentric Behavioral Lab Resources

The main lab space, Van Munching Hall 3518, is equipped with 18 computer workstations. Each workstation is surrounded by a 24" privacy screen, and contains a desktop computer connected to the Smith School network. A set of headphones for audio stimuli, a video camera, joysticks, and an external mouse are available for each computer. In addition to the Smith School's standard software, each computer is loaded with MediaLab software and Microsoft's Visual Basic. MediaLab software allows researchers to develop and run electronic surveys and experiments, collect reaction time data, and record Internet clickstreams. The software collects data centrally and converts data files to SPSS and Excel for analysis. Visual Basic is a flexible language that allows researchers to develop executable programs. The lab computers also provide links to Sametime and Quickplace, two Lotus applications useful for studying virtual team interactions. The main lab space also provides a computer projector, a projection screen, and two videocameras.

The four team rooms, Van Munching Hall 2311C, 2311D, 2311F and 2311G, can be used to study team interactions or to develop MediaLab surveys and experiments prior to running them in the main lab. Each team room is furnished with a computer workstation, a conference table with four chairs, and a blackboard. In addition to the Smith School's standard software, each networked computer is loaded with MediaLab software and Microsoft's Visual Basic, and links are provided to Sametime and Quickplace.

The new AudioVisual Lab, located adjacent to the main lab space in 3518A, provides researchers with state-of-the-art eye-tracking equipment, audio and video capabilities to record team interactions, and a large display screen to review and edit recorded data.

The AudioVisual Lab also provides video cameras in both the front and back of the room to allow researchers to record the facial expressions and nonverbal cues of research participants. A shared network drive, the T drive, has been created to facilitate the loading of experimental procedures and the collection of experimental data in the behavioral lab. Researchers using the behavioral lab may request access to the T drive.

For offsite data collection, behavioral researchers at the Robert H. Smith School of Business have access to 16 laptop computers loaded with all of the behavioral lab software and to Perseus, an online survey software tool.