OpenSesame: An open-source, graphical experiment builder for the social sciences

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 314-324

  Mathôt, Sebastiaan ^a   Schreij, Daniel ^a   Theeuwes, Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experiment builder; Graphical user interface; Python; Software; Stimulus presentation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84861408364     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-011-0168-7     Document Type: Review

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