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Listen to the sound. What shape do you imagine?
Investigating customer loyalty to UK high street stores.
Imagine you’re a member of a jury. What will you decide?
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Frequently asked questions
We pay into your PayPal account and have two set cash out days every Tuesday and Friday afternoon. Once you've made 4 cash outs to the same PayPal account, you’ll automatically be moved to instant cash outs.
In order to make sure our existing users can still take part in a meaningful number of studies, we've introduced a waitlist for new participants.
Yes. Researchers will only ever see your Prolific ID when viewing survey responses or using our messaging feature. Researchers also aren't allowed to ask for any personally identifiable information (PII) in studies.
Prolific is available to participants in OECD countries – except Turkey, Lithuania, Colombia, Costa Rica and South Africa.
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