Subject: Re: Perceptual experiments From: "S. Camille Peres" <peressc@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 07:20:34 -0600I agree about E-prime (although it can be cumbersome) and also offer the thought of using JavaScript in html files if you have anyone around who could provide some support. While that still involves learning a programming language, it's a little less intimidating that a full blown object oriented programming language. Cheers, Camille On Feb 1, 2006, at 6:49 AM, Anders Genell wrote: > Tarun! > Allthough I couldn't agree more with Pablo about learning an > (object oriented) programming language, such as c++, there is an > alternative that might by useful, namely E-prime > http://www.pstnet.com/products/e-prime/ > It can be used to collect all kinds of psychofysical data with the > help of a computer and the programming is done in an environment > similar to Visual Basic, which might be less intimidating than > starting from scratch with c++. > > Regards, > Anders Genell > ----------------------------------- > Doctoral student > Chalmers Room Acoustics Group > Division of Applied Acoustics > Chalmers University of Technology > S-412 96 Göteborg > Sweden > > On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:00:04 +0100, Pablo Faundez Hoffmann > <pfh@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hej Tarun, >> >> I found myself with the same question at the beginning of my PhD >> two years ago. I don't have experience with any special software >> for perceptual experiments. Well, since you mentioned you are >> completely new to this I assume you are at the starting point of >> your research, so, I would strongly recommend you to learn a >> programming language (if you don't know one already) and program >> your experiments yourself. I know it might look scaring at the >> beginning but certainly pays off. The main advantage I see, is >> that there are no black boxes in your experiment chain, you can >> have complete control over it and adjust everything as you wish. >> If you focus on learning object-oriented programming you will >> realize that you can easily reuse code for further experiments >> without spending so much time. >> >> regards, >> >> >> Pablo Faundez Hoffmann >> Ph.D. Student >> Department of Acoustics >> Aalborg University >> Frederik Bajers Vej 7 B5 >> DK-9220 Aalborg >> Denmark >> >> office: B4-201 >> phone: (+45) 96 35 87 28 >> fax: (+45) 98 15 21 44 >> email: pfh@xxxxxxxx >> >> >> On Jan 31, 2006, at 2:24 PM, Tarun Pruthi wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I plan to do some perceptual experiments during the course of my >>> research here. Since, I am completely new to this, I wanted to >>> know if there are any softwares that help in doing perceptual >>> experiments (organising stimuli, collecting results, designing >>> questionairre, making the interface etc)? >>> >>> Thanks and Regards >>> Tarun >>> >>> ----------------------------------------- >>> Tarun Pruthi >>> Graduate Research Assistant, ECE >>> Room 3180, A V Williams Building >>> University of Maryland, College Park >>> MD 20742 USA >>> Email: tpruthi@xxxxxxxx >>> Web: www.ece.umd.edu/~tpruthi >>> Ph: 301-405-1365 >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >> ************************************************ S. Camille Peres, Ph.D., peressc@xxxxxxxx Assistant Professor, Psychology Department University of Houston-Clear Lake, Box 307 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058 o. 281.283.3412 f. 281.283.3406 http://coursesite.uhcl.edu/hsh/PeresSC/ ************************************************