Auditory presentation and synchronization in Adobe Flash and HTML5/JavaScript Web experiments

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 897-908

  Reimers, Stian ^a   Stewart, Neil ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audio; Internet; JavaScript; Synchronization; Web

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNET; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84978863670     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-016-0758-5     Document Type: Article

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