SuperLab (Win/Mac, 1 pk) and StimTracker

Overview:

The MLE1320 SuperLab (Win/Mac, 1 pk) and StimTracker are designed for stimulus presentation studies, and are for users who have a PowerLab data aquisition unit with digital inputs. It includes

• MLE1302 SuperLab Pro (Win/Mac, 1pk)
• MLE1300 StimTracker Universal Marker Interface
  
  • 1x MLE1301 Interface Cable (StimTracker to PowerLab)
  • 1x USB cable for connecting StimTracker to the computer (SuperLab)
  • 1x Audio cable (3.5 mm stereo jacks)
  • 1x Universal AC adapter (100-240V)
  • 1x MLE1310 White Lightsensor
  • 1x MLE1311 Black Lightsensor
  • 5x Double-sided adhesives

Please note that two computers are required for the experimental setup (one for stimulus presentation and the other for recording).

SuperLab is the stimulus presentation software, which allows building most types of experiments that require presenting visual stimuli on the screen, auditory stimuli via speakers, controlling or synchronizing with other instruments such as a PowerLab data aquisition unit. The recorded responses including reaction times are saved in text-only file which can be read by almost all spreadsheet or statistics software.

The MLE1300 StimTracker Universal Marker Interface is designed to send event markers easily from the stimulus presentation computer to any PowerLab data acquisition system with Digital Inputs. It connects to a PowerLab data acquisition system via MLE1301 Interface Cable (StimTracker to PowerLab). StimTracker monitors signals from a variety of input and in response sends TTL event markers to the digital input of a PowerLab (or other devices that enable TTL communication).

Features:

StimTracker

Depending on the setup (number input lines of the recording instrument) the StimTracker can mark:

• Up to four lightsensors (marking the onset of visual stimuli)
• One voice key (any PC-compatible microphone)
• Two audio channels (left and right of stereo)
• Six TTL inputs (typically used for interfacing an RB Series Response Pad with StimTracker)

SuperLab

• Playing movies
• Stimulus lists
• Support for JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF files
• Built-in support for RSVP and self-paced reading
• Improved support for fMRI and EEG/ERP
• Trial variables
• Conditional branching (if/then/else)
• Multiple input devices in the same experiment

Applications:

• Response/reaction time (RT, the time is the elapsed time between the presentation of a sensory stimulus and the subsequent behavioral response)
• Mental chronometry - the use of response time in perceptual-motor tasks to infer the content, duration, and temporal sequencing of cognitive operations
  • Cognitive psychophysiology/cognitive neuroscience (perception, learning, adaptation)
  • Behavioral neuroscience
  • Decision making (processing)
• Psychometric psychology as an index of speed of processing in (indicates how fast the thinker can execute the mental operations needed by the task at hand or index of processing efficiency)
• Biofeedback - process that enables an individual to learn how to change physiological activity for the purposes of improving health and performance
• Stress response

Specifications: