Measuring software timing errors in the presentation of visual stimuli in cognitive neuroscience experiments

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dc.contributor.authorGaraizar, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorVadillo, Miguel A.
dc.contributor.authorLópez de Ipiña González de Artaza, Diego
dc.contributor.authorMatute, Helena
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-12T13:41:36Z
dc.date.available2026-05-12T13:41:36Z
dc.date.issued2014-01-07
dc.date.updated2026-05-12T13:41:36Z
dc.description.abstractBecause of the features provided by an abundance of specialized experimental software packages, personal computers have become prominent and powerful tools in cognitive research. Most of these programs have mechanisms to control the precision and accuracy with which visual stimuli are presented as well as the response times. However, external factors, often related to the technology used to display the visual information, can have a noticeable impact on the actual performance and may be easily overlooked by researchers. The aim of this study is to measure the precision and accuracy of the timing mechanisms of some of the most popular software packages used in a typical laboratory scenario in order to assess whether presentation times configured by researchers do not differ from measured times more than what is expected due to the hardware limitations. Despite the apparent precision and accuracy of the results, important issues related to timing setups in the presentation of visual stimuli were found, and they should be taken into account by researchers in their experiments.© 2014 Garaizar.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSupport for this research was provided by Grant PSI2011-26965 from Dirección General de Investigación of the Spanish Government and Grant IT363-10 from the Basque Governmenten
dc.identifier.citationGaraizar, P., Vadillo, M. A., López-De-Ipiña, D., & Matute, H. (2014). Measuring software timing errors in the presentation of visual stimuli in cognitive neuroscience experiments. PLoS ONE, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0085108
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0085108
dc.identifier.eissn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/5930
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.rights© 2014 Garaizar et al.
dc.titleMeasuring software timing errors in the presentation of visual stimuli in cognitive neuroscience experimentsen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.titlePLoS ONE
oaire.citation.volume9
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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