Here are some links to tools and resources that I have found to be useful.
Images (particularly for presentations, blogs, etc)
| Compfight | a Flickr search engine (just filter results for Creative Commons licenses) |
| freestock.ca | free stock photos |
| Getty Images | Getty Images! Free to embed on your blog! |
| Google Image Search | include site:wikimedia.org for open-content results |
| openclipart | clip art |
| pexels | free high quality stock photos |
| Pixabay | photos, vectors, illustrations |
| sxc.hu | free stock photos and illustrations |
| Unsplash | high quality royalty-free images |
| Wellcome Images | a collection of science and history images by the Wellcome Trust |
| Fotosearch | photos, clip art, vectors, etc. |
Stimuli (particularly for experiments)
| Bank of Standardized Stimuli (BOSS) | photos of various objects |
| cogsci.nl | pictures and videos with standardised ratings |
| Face Research Lab London | adult faces (incl. attractiveness ratings) |
| FACES (MPIB) | database of facial expressions |
| Nencki Affective Picture System | stimuli to induce emotional states |
Online studies
I highly recommend SoSci Survey. With some basic PHP programming (with the help of the online manual and forums), you can design pretty much any kind of online experiment or survey. And for non-commercial purposes, it’s free of charge!
When recruiting German-speaking participants, their panel of at least 60,000 *active* participants (as of Jan 2015) can be a valuable resource. Scroll to the bottom of that page for a list of further panels that I have yet to personally try.
And if your study is already up and running, here are a few possible places to post the link:
- The ‘Mitmachen!‘ page of Psychologie Heute
- The ‘Psychostudien‘ “spin-off” of the ‘SoSci Survey“>Psychologennetzwerk’ Facebook group (now also known as the ‘Psystudents‘ non-profit society, run by psychology students and therapists-in-training)
- The ‘SampleSize‘ subforum of Reddit
Science/psychology podcasts (last updated: Jan 2024)
- The Black Goat (unfortunately no longer active): A podcast by personality psychologists Sanjay Srivastava and Simine Vazire, and social psychologist Alexa Tullett. It’s like having three really thoughtful mentors (who unfortunately can’t write your letters of recommendation) discussing the realities of academia, new developments in the field, and how things should be, all while you wash the dishes.
- Everything Hertz: A podcast by Dan Quintana and James Heathers (both more or less biological psychologists with methodological leanings). They cover all sorts of topics in the behavioural/biological/health sciences and complement each other perfectly in opinions and temperament. Their friendship is so palpable that you’ll start feeling less lonely yourself.
- Circle of Willis: A podcast by neuroscientist Jim Coan, each episode consisting of a conversation with a scientist. He’s like the Marc Maron of science podcasts. (Mainly because his speech pattern reminds me of Maron, particularly during his monologues.)
- BJKS Podcast: A podcast by behavioural neuroscientist Benjamin James Kuper-Smith, started when he was a doctoral student. It mainly features conversations with scientists and has a no-frills vibe that I applaud.
- Quantitude: A podcast by methodologists Patrick Curran and Greg Hancock talking through all manner of statistical topics with generous helpings of (slightly dated) pop culture references, self-deprecating humour, and friendly jabs. I’m left entertained even when an episode soars right over my head.
- Also worth checking out: The Studies Show by Stuart Ritchie and Tom Chivers; the Learning Scientists Podcast (on evidence-based practice about teaching and learning); Nullius in Verba by Smriti Mehta and psychology methods influencer Daniël Lakens; the Personality Psychology Podcast produced in collaboration by the European Journal of Personality and the European Association of Personality Psychology; the Harvard Data Science Review Podcast; The HPS Podcast by scholars of the history, philosophy and social studies of science at the University of Melbourne; WorkLife by organizational psychology superstar Adam Grant; Very Bad Wizards by philosopher Tamler Sommers and social psychologist David Pizarro.
- Previously featured but discarded over time: Rationally Speaking by Julia Galef (no longer active); Bayes Factor by the Human Interaction Lab at Tufts University (no longer active); Two Psychologists Four Beers (didn’t live up to my expectations)
Konrad Senf 