Questions tagged [psychopy]

PsychoPy is an open-source python module written in python and c libraries for the generation of experiments for neuroscience and experimental psychology. PsychoPy includes Builder and Coder - two graphical interfaces to build experiments using the psychopy python module.

PsychoPy is an open-source Python module written in Python and C libraries for the generation of experiments for neuroscience and experimental psychology. PsychoPy includes Builder and Coder - two graphical interfaces to build experiments using the PsychoPy Python module.

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See the project website for documentation and more information about PsychoPy.

All support now takes place in the psychopy forum

See Github for psychopy's source code. Contributions are very welcome!

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Combine different kind of items according to a previous rating

I am building an experiment with the psychopy builder and I want to do an "evaluative conditioning" experiment. That is: first, different stimuli are rated according to their valence. Later, neutral stimuli will be paired with negative or positive…
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Getting pyglet errors when importing joystick in PsychoPy

I'm trying to use the joystick in PsychoPy and I can't import the module without getting the following error: File "joytest.py", line 1, in from psychopy.hardware import joystick File…
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Combining condition files

I am working on an experiment and have parts of it built using some coder and some builder, but am stuck on a spot. The experiment presents two different lists of words to people (list A and list B) and each word in it's respective list is randomly…
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IoHub for eye tracking

Can ioHub be used with Eye Tribe glasses? Using ioHub, is it possible to detect sacaddic, blinks, and fixations?
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Issue with displaying non-standard font in PsychoPy visual.TextStim

I have installed an old font called SPSS Marker Set because it contains solid shapes. However, although it correctly displays the characters, only the top half of these is visible. I have tried all manner of changes but cannot get the whole…
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psychopy logging time when participant stopped moving cursor

I am using a rating scale. Participants use the 't' and 'b' keys to move the cursor along the scale. Each trial is currently 6 seconds long. If a participant stops pressing 't' or 'b' before 6 seconds are up, I want to log the time of the last…
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Psychopy: Key response lagging, causing problems within script

I have a component of an experiment that asks participants to choose between earning 10 immediate points or a larger point amount in two weeks (points are later converted to dollar amount to provide incentive to the "larger later" choice). The later…
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Triggering a second PC via ehternet

I'm trying to use Psychopy to trigger a second machine's data collection. I could use an I/O card, but I wondered how difficult it would be to use the NICs in Ad-Hoc mode? Thank you
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PsychoPy Recording Multiple Mouse Clicks

I'm creating an experiment using the PsychoPy coder and am not sure how to implement multiple mouse clicks. In the experiment, there are multiple targets and distractors and during a response period, individuals are to select the targets. However, I…
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Selecting only a small amount of trials in a possibly huge condition file in a pseudo-randomized way

I am using the PsychoPy Builder and have used the code only rudimentary. Now I'm having a problem for which I think coding is inevitable, but I have no idea how to do it and so far, I didn't find helpful answers in the net. I have an experiment…
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Psychopy: update - code needs to be fixed

I'm running an experiment using psychopy for my bachelor thesis. The experiment was set up last year (08/2014) using the BuilderView. After an update to the newest version of psychopy 1.82.01 a code I was using isn't working anymore. The code…
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Using DirectIN Rotary Controller in PsychoPy2 in builder

I am trying to use the DirectIN Rotary Controller on Mac OS X (yosemite) with PsychoPy2 (v. 1.82.01). I would like to conduct a two-alternative forced choice experiment and use the buttons on the button box in order to respond; however, I cannot get…
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Inconsistent Contrast Handling with Psychopy

I can't not find the source of the difference in the handling of contrast for version 1.75.01 and 1.82. Here are two images that show what it used to look like (1.75), and what it now looks like: Unfortunately, rolling back is not trivial as I…
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Programming Dot Probe for Psychopy in Builder

I am new to using PsychoPy and I have programmed a few simple tasks. I am currently really struggling to program a word dot probe. I do not want to use coder, simply because the rest of my research team need to be able to easily edit the program,…
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Two different tickHeights on a rating scale in Psychopy

I know that you can customize the tickHeight on rating scales in Psychopy. I want to have two different tickHeights. here's a rough sketch: is this possible? and if so, how do I do it? This is the code for the rating scale that I have so…
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