Using Arduino microcontroller boards to measure response latencies

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1332-1346

  Schubert, Thomas W ^a,c   D'Ausilio, Alessandro ^b   Canto, Rosario ^b  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arduino; E Prime; Reaction times; Response box; Response latencies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROCOMPUTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY;

COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84879266365     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-013-0336-z     Document Type: Article

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