SuperLab: software per la realizzazione di esperimenti psicologici, distribuito in Italia da NET Engineering

Introduzione
Novità
Quick tour
Data view
Requisiti di sistema

SuperLab 4.5 now available
with support for Slimtracker, license leasing, and bug fix.

SuperLab 4.0 is the stimulus presentation software for Mac OS X (10.3.9 or later) and Windows XP/2000. In development for almost five years, the new SuperLab 4.0 introduces a host of new features, including:

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

The new version 4.5 is a 100% rewrite of SuperLab and was built from the ground up as a Unicode application that handles Japanese, Chinese, and other international fonts just as easily as it handles English fonts.

SuperLab 4.5 remains, without any doubt, the easiest way to build an experiment while eliminating nearly all the limitations found in earlier versions.

New features

Feature	Advantages
Stimuli Lists	Example: if you need to present 150 words or picture files, you can now create a stimulus list and then create a single event that uses that list, rather then create and edit 150 separate events.
Movies	QuickTime movies on the Mac, AVI and MPG movies in Windows Note: At this point, there is no guarantee that SuperLab 4.0 will achieve decent timing while a movie is playing.
Trial Variables	This feature allows you to vary several aspects of an experiment, e.g. vary the duration of a time limit for an event, or present a picture at one of 4 different positions picked at random or in order (instead of having to create 4 separate events).
Event Randomization	Previous versions allowed the randomizing of trials within an event. You can now randomize events within a trial as well.
String Input	Subjects can now type entire sentences instead of single keys
RSVP Support	Built-in support for Rapid Serial Visual Presentation paradigm
Self-Paced Reading Support	Built-in support for self-paced reading
Support for Key Release	A response can now be the release of a key rather than the pressing of a key
Support for Go/No-Go Experiments	A correct response can now be "None, the participant must not respond"
Support for Between Subject Designs	The new Participant Groups feature makes it easier to handle between subject designs.
Conditional Branching	You can now alter the path of an experiment
fMRI Support	Trials can now be presented at precise intervals
ERP/EEG Support	An experiment can now be paused instead of canceled, and special "events" can be triggered when the experiment starts, pauses, resumes, or ends. For example, this makes it possible to start and stop the recording of ERP data automatically.
Unicode Support	It is now as easy to develop experiments in Asian and other international languages as it is to do so in English

Enhancements to Existing Features

Feature	Advantages
Support for JPEG Files	SuperLab also supports GIF, PNG, and TIFF file formats
Multiple Lines of Text	You are no longer limited to displaying a single line.
Multiple Input Devices	You can now use a response pad, keyboard, and SV-1 voice key all in the same experiment
Improved Standard Mouse Input	You no longer have to specify X,Y position when creating a on-screen response -- simply tell SuperLab to use the stimulus' position. Position of mouse click is now also being saved.
Multiple Correct Responses	Example:you can now designate "Button 1" and "Button 2" as both being the correct keys.
Improved Feedbacks	Adding feedback to an event is much easier than it was in the previous versions. You can now also delay the feedback until an event's time limit is up.
Richer Data Files	SuperLab can now save more information in the data file, e.g. what the correct response is supposed to be.
Dynamic Code Values	Code values can now be attached to an event or stimulus list items (in addition to trials). More importantly, you can now change code values while an experiment is running, e.g. to mark a stimulus as having been presented.

Quick Tour

Stimuli Lists

We will start by describing the Stimulus Lists feature because of its profound impact on everything you do in SuperLab. Say you want to present 100 stimuli. Creating 100 corresponding events, another 100 trials, and linking them together can get tedious quickly. With version 4.0, you can create lists of files (for pictures, sounds, or movies) and lists of words. The screen snapshot below shows a list of files being edited; you can add several files at a time or the entire contents of a folder with a few mouse clicks:

Once created, create an event and tell it to use the stimulus list instead of a file, as shown below:

Data Viewer

With the Cedrus Data Viewer, you can view one or one hundred SuperLab data files simultaneously, view either the raw data or summary statistics, transpose the data, and export it as one merged data file. Starting with version 2.0, you can also

Flag rows manually
Have Data Viewer flag rows based on a variety of criteria
Hide rows for better viewing of data
Omit flagged or hidden rows from the merged output
Sort rows with a single click on a column header
Color rows based on the correctness of response
Hide columns
Move columns

Screen Snapshots

Requirements

On the PC: Windows 2000 (with Service Pack 4), XP (with Service Pack 2), and Vista
(For using movies, you need DirectX 9.0 and a video card that works with DirectX 9.0, including support for hardware acceleration and VMR.)
On the Mac: Mac OS 10.4.6 (recommended) or Mac OS 10.3.9. SuperLab 4.0 works on Intel and PowerPC Macs.

Both versions of SuperLab can play movies on a single core or single processor computer, but playing movies smoothly requires a dual core computer.

Please note that SuperLab 4 cannot read experiments created with earlier versions of SuperLab.
Consulta i prodotti che possono aiutarti ad utilizzare al meglio SuperLab.
Prodotti Correlati: Response Pad

Requirements

On the PC: Windows 2000 (with Service Pack 4), XP (with Service Pack 2), and Vista
(For using movies, you need DirectX 9.0 and a video card that works with DirectX 9.0, including support for hardware acceleration and VMR.)
On the Mac: Mac OS 10.4.6 (recommended) or Mac OS 10.3.9. SuperLab 4.0 works on Intel and PowerPC Macs.

SuperLab can play movies on a single core or single processor computer, but playing movies smoothly requires a dual core computer.

Supporto

SUPERLAB 4.5