PsyScript Downloads The original PsyScript download page on subjectpool.com distributed the Mac application binaries, sample experiment files, and supporting documentation for researchers using the University of Edinburgh’s experiment-authoring tool. This page archives what we know about the download history and points to current resources for researchers maintaining legacy PsyScript codebases. About the downloads The PHP … Read more
Libraries PsyScript allows you to make “script libraries collections of handlers and properties that you can use over again. These are full objects, so you can create multiple instances in your experiments, for instance to maintain two parallel adaptive staircases, just make two staircase objects. If you have suggestions for changing these libraries, or if … Read more
Authoring Aid Purpose The authoring aid allows you to use the PsyScript library functions by simply selecting them from a dialog box. The aid then formats them and inserts them into your script. Installation Download the appropriate scripts, place the “authoring aid” script into either the “User Scripts” folder (for Smile) or the “Scripts” folder … Read more
KEY FEATURES Completely Scriptable Does its job properly & leaves other apps to do their job properly. Minimum Mac PowerMac PRICING FREE! Frequently Asked Questions Infrequently asked questions ask me a question PsyScript is: A complete scripting language: there are very few experiments that you cannot program. I believe it is the most powerful and … Read more
TRIALS The rest of PsyScript exists so that you can execute ‘trial’ commands, which show one or more stimuli & collect subject responses. You specify the events in a trial using the simple event codes. The “do trial” Command This section is a reference to do trial syntax nb: Understanding do trial is critical to … Read more
Introduction to the do trial command The key thing in psychological experiments is control over stimuli and responses. After reading this section you understand how PsyScript controls the events of a trial and you will be ready to learn how to generate the event sequence you need for your experiments. In Psyscript you execute a … Read more
PsyScript Manual — Getting Started PsyScript was the Mac-based experiment authoring tool developed and maintained at the University of Edinburgh Psychology Department. This page archives an overview of the user manual — the entry point for researchers and students learning to script behavioural experiments without writing low-level code. The original PsyScript manual was hosted at … Read more