====== Software for stimulus generation and presentation ======

**[[http://psychtoolbox.org/|Psychtoolbox]]: Matlab-or Octave-based stimulus presentation library.** 

//Pros://
  * Multi-platform (Linux, Mac, Windows). 
  * Very powerful and with comprehensive support for numerous hardware peripherals (e.g. eye tracking, data recording). 
  * Extremely precise control of timing for recording responses and presenting stimuli (especially visual).
  * Large user community and active forum
  * Numerous well documented demo functions that can be readily modified to suit new experiments
  * Free and open source

//Cons://

  * Difficult to learn and requires reasonable command of Matlab/Octave
  * No GUI interface
  * Requires Matlab (proprietary) or Octave (open source)
  * Not yet supported on Apple Metal (which suffers from timing issues and is not recommended at the present)

**[[https://www.psychopy.org|PsychoPy]]: Python-based stimulus presentation library.** 

//Pros://

  * Multi-platform (Linux, Mac, Windows). 
  * Powerful and easy to use with an optional drag-and-drop GUI
  * Large user community
  * Generally good control of timing
  * Well documented

//Cons://

  * Some parts are proprietary/commercial
  * Not yet supported on Apple Metal

**[[https://gru.stanford.edu/doku.php/mgl/overview|MGL]]: Matlab-or Octave-based stimulus presentation library.**

For the Linux version, please contact <jonas.larsson@rhul.ac.uk> for the latest distribution.

//Pros:// 
  * Similar to Psychtoolbox, but easier to use
  * Built-in task library facilitates experiment design

//Cons://

  * Only supported on MacOS and Linux (the Linux version is not as comprehensive as the MacOS one)
  * Not yet supported on Apple Metal, so will not work on newer Macs
  * No Windows support
  * Requires Matlab (can be run with Octave but tends to be slow)

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====== Stimulus databases ======

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