PsychoPy Experiment Toolbox (psychopy-expt-toolbox)

This is a tiny python toolbox for PsychoPy experiment by Yi-Chia Chen.

Version History

• 4.0.1 (2019.10.16): Fix a bug (trial data object subject number rename and set to default); Current example experiment is not updated to Python 3 yet so it's not usable

  • Used in Size Preference Expt 3 Pilot Texform Adjustment
  • Used in Size Preference Expt 2 Replication (New Texforms)
  • Used in Size Preference Expt 3 Formal Texform Adjustment

• 4.0.0 (2019.10.14): Move to Python 3

• 3.1.0 (2019.06.17): Rename a few attributes; Clear up the trial number calculation; Rename trialDataObject instance to trialData, and subjDataObject instance to subjData; Fix some bugs; Add an example experiment

  • Used in Size Preference Expt 2 2IFC

• 3.0.0b (2019.06.17): create instr, subj, trial objects within expt object; Open the experiment window with method not with the constructor; Fix the os path name bug in error message printing

• 2.0.3 (2019.04.18): Fix a bug

  • Used in Size Preference Expt 2 2IFC Intact Images Pretest

• 2.0.2b (2019.04.16): Fix some bugs;

• 2.0.1b (2019.03.28): Fix format and clean up redundancy; Change the float subject number input to integer (to allow easier counter-balancing); To allow replacing subject, add replacement count attribute and inquiry to the subject object

• 2.0.0b (2019.03.26): Add experiment object and adjust roles of instructions, subject, and trial objects; Add rest duration recording to the experiment object; Add error message function

• 1.1.2 (2019.01.28): Clean up trialObject.saveTrial(); Add value check for subjObject formal question

  • Used in Scene Size Adjustment Pilot 1
  • Used in Scene Size Adjustment Pilot 2 (Blocked)

• 1.1.1 (2019.01.24): Fix import format; Fix subj.addTitles bug and rest text % bug; Includ file name in error messages

  • Used in Size Preference 2IFC Pilot 1

• 1.1.0 (2018.11.27): Pass experiment info between objects; Add rest counting to instructions, escape to trial, and get number to subject; Fix format

  • Used in Size Preference Adjustment Pilot 1

• 1.0.0 (2018.10.18): First version with instructions controlling, subject data, and trial data objects

  • Used in Mazes Game Pilot 1

Planned Improvements

Cleaning-up

• Add check trial list length method in exptObject
• Use assert
• Develop testing tool sets
• update the rest instructions to use str.format()
• update to Python 3 (use f-strings instead of str.format())

Features

• Allow a parameter of separator in subjDataObject and trialDataObject
• Add trial count for rest (across blocks)
• Check rest count automatically and skip the rest at the end of the experiment
• Create object controlling experimental blocks and trials with mixed and blocked design, different randomization units, etc. (nextTrial(), nextBlock() that update the trial.trialNo, .blockNo, & .restCount automatically)