We currently have 4957 active participants in our system. In the drop down menus below you can see how they are distributed according to selected prescreening questions.
Researchers should always try to recruit new participants for new research projects at COBE Lab. You can read more about how to use COBE Lab's participant pool and find inspiration for how to recruit new participants here.
| Age | Num. Respondents |
| 18-24 | 2665 (62.87%) |
| 25-34 | 1276 (30.1%) |
| 35-44 | 169 (3.99%) |
| 45-54 | 81 (1.91%) |
| 55-64 | 35 (0.83%) |
| Current Occupation | Num. Respondents |
| Student | 2988 (70.44%) |
| Employed or self-employed | 772 (18.2%) |
| Unemployed | 369 (8.7%) |
| Other | 113 (2.66%) |
| Glasses | Num. Respondents |
| Yes | 1425 (33.59%) |
| No | 2817 (66.41%) |
| Lactose Intolerance | Num. Respondents |
| Yes | 296 (6.98%) |
| No | 3946 (93.02%) |
| Faculty | Num. Respondents |
| Arts | 623 (16.45%) |
| Health | 262 (6.92%) |
| Technical Sciences | 280 (7.39%) |
| School of Business and Social Sciences | 945 (24.95%) |
| Natural Sciences | 263 (6.94%) |
| Not AU students | 1381 (36.47%) |
| Gender | Num. Respondents |
| Female | 2673 (63.01%) |
| Male | 1569 (36.99%) |
| Handedness | Num. Respondents |
| Right | 3845 (90.64%) |
| Left | 397 (9.36%) |
| Contact Lenses | Num. Respondents |
| Yes | 857 (20.2%) |
| No | 3385 (79.8%) |
| Gluten Intolerance | Num. Respondents |
| Yes | 75 (1.77%) |
| No | 4167 (98.23%) |
| AU Degrees | Num. Respondents |
| Business and management (e.g. marketing, business administration) | 427 (11.16%) |
| Economics | 213 (5.57%) |
| Psychology | 166 (4.34%) |
| Cognitive Science | 145 (3.79%) |
| Politics or law | 176 (4.6%) |
| Health or medicine (e.g. public health, medicine, odontology) | 284 (7.42%) |
| Humanities (e.g. languages, religion, anthropology) | 430 (11.24%) |
| Science (e.g. math, engineering, computer science) | 550 (14.37%) |
| Not AU student | 1436 (37.52%) |