Introduction
One of the main features of PsyToolkit is that you can create and run cognitive psychological experiments in your browser. Here are a number of ready-to-use demos using this technology.
This library has now more than 40 experiments that you can try yourself in your browser (no plugins or other software needed). Each experiment can be used and modified and even embedded in your own online data-collection project.
See also the survey library for running online questionnaires in which you can embed experiments. |
If you cannot find the experiment you need and want us to write it for you, please email us via psytoolkit@gmx.com. |
What you can do
You can do two types of things with each experiment in this library.
Using the code
There are two different ways of getting the example code into your PsyToolkit account:
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Within your online PsyToolkit account, simply go to the library and find the relevant experiment. The official library experiments in the online account are exactly the same as those in the library.
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Download the zip file from the library (each experiment has a runnable demo and a downloadable zip file of the experiment). Go to your PsyToolkit account, and create a new experiment (select "From a PsyToolkit experiment file (zip format)").
List of experiments (alphabetical)
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Corsi and Digit span memory tasks
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Mackworth Clock Task to measure sustained vigilance
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Stroop
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Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART)
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Self paced reading
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Task switching
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Visual Approach/Avoicdance by the Self Task (VAAST)
List of experiments without keyboard use (touch-screen friendly)
In principle, most experiments can be made touch/mouse friendly. Most cognitive psychological experiments use, however, keyboards because they give more precise reaction time measurements. Even so, this is great for demonstrations and seems to work well. |