SUPERPSYCHTOOLBOX

What is SuperPsychToolbox?

SuperPsychToolbox (SPTB) is so named because it operates as a layer on top of the popular experimentation package Psychtoolbox (PTB), which contributes essential functions for running Psychology experiments in Matlab. SPTB handles the high-level aspects of running any Psychology experiment, such as capturing, managing, scoring, and analyzing data. SPTB performs simple experiments with a few lines of code, and brings highly complex interactive experiments, such as biofeedback studies, within reach. SPTB will help you spot and prevent critical errors, and will bring advanced features to your studies, such as phone alerts when your participant is finished. SPTB offers every means we could think of for digitally extracting data from a human, and it is our hope that the only physical trace of your experimentation will be consent forms. SPTB has been successfully tested in various environments, including with fMRI, and is approximately as robust and versatile as the underlying Psychtoolbox.

Keypress experiments

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Make handling, logging, and interpreting keypresses simple.

Freeform Typing

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Type information into a console, validate input, and log every keystroke

Free Drawing

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Use a mouse or tablet for free drawing or tracing

Pointing Trials

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Retain cursor trajectories for later analysis

Vocalization

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Log participant speech

Arbitrary Inputs

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Easily incorporate other inputs, from eyetrackers to EEG

Interactive Experiments

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Drag objects, or run biofeedback studies

Data Hoarding

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Record everything about your participant's interaction with the computer

Environment Hoarding

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Record everything about your setup and environment for later inspection

Session Recovery

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Resume crashed or interrupted experiments

Import Any Data

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Import data from other experiment packages

Data Standardization

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Analyze experiments from collaborators who left 5 years ago

Timeflow inspection

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Observe events as they unfolded in your trial

Instant Analysis

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Interpret responses after each trial, and display plots showing how your session went as soon as it's over

Data Aggregation

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Summarize data across dozens of hundreds of participants and experiments

Universal Data Summary

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Instant analysis of every condition interaction and level of nesting

Cross-Modal Analysis

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Stop spending weeks reorganizing behavior for your fMRI program, EEG program, etc.

Automated

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Eliminate opportunities for human error in your research

Everything in MATLAB

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Analyze your data as soon as you gather it

Free

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Open-source software that builds on open-source software. Consider helping us out!

Made for Debugging

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Special debugging tools to help you prevent and squash errors in your experiment

Communication

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Get progress updates on your phone

Plug-ins

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Share your special way of sampling input, drawing the screen, and scoring with colleagues