Contents:
1. Prolific Assistant
2. Email Notifications
3. Studies page

We can alert you to newly available studies in several ways. This article covers our handy Prolific Assistant extension, as well as other notification methods that let you know when new studies become available.

Prolific Assistant

Prolific Assistant is a desktop extension that notifies you when studies are available for you to take.

If you see a study you like, simply click it and you'll enter it immediately. If you decide you'd rather not take the study, you can return it.

Features:

• Shows how many studies are available on the extension icon
• Provides a desktop notification for every new study found
• Lets you enter studies straight away
• Shows the last time studies were checked for

You can set your own preferences, such as the type of sound you'd like when a new study is found and the volume level for the sound alert.

Where can I download Prolific Assistant?

Prolific Assistant 5.14.0 is available in the Firefox add-on store and Chrome web store now.

Email Notifications

Whenever a study is published, a random subset of eligible participants will receive an email notification.

This means you may receive emails inviting you to studies, but not for every study published on Prolific.

If you're part of a longitudinal or multi-part study, you'll get invites to the follow-ups via email—so make sure you look out for them! They'll also appear on your Studies page.

Studies page

The Studies page will show you all studies that are available to you. The main differences between this and the Prolific Assistant are:

• You don't get notifications
• You can read about the study before reserving a place

If you don't want to take part, simply click 'Not interested,' and the study will disappear.

If you do want to take part, reserve your place and then start the study!

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