Welcome to PsyToolkit
Current version 1.3.0, last updated January, 2012PsyToolkit is a free software package for programming and running psychological experiments. It is distributed under the GNU GPL license.
The software project started in 2005 at Washington University in St.Louis, and is currently developed at the Institute of Psychological Sciences of Leeds University.
Features
- Designed for Linux.
- Free and open source software.
- Easy to install.
- Uses a simple purpose-designed scripting language.
- Compatible with external response pads (Cedrus and IOLab).
- Excellent error feedback to improve scripts.
- Precise timing of stimulus presentation and data collection.
- Can be used as scripting language, but also comes with a C-library.
- Comes with questionnaire presenter PsyQuest.
- Detailed online documentation and lessons for students.
- Comes with examples of common paradigms: Inhibition of Return, Task Switching, Stimulus-Response Compatibility, Visual Search, Multiple Object tracking, Simon task, Fitts's Law, and more!
Is it for you?
We are currently working on a special version for use in education (not yet available). The educational version will have special features that make it even easier to use.If you think of using PsyToolkit in the lab, you should check if you agree with the following statements; if you do, then PsyToolkit is for you:
- I want to use Linux.
- I am comfortable with text editors.
- I am comfortable with drawing programs, and I know what a bitmap file is.
- I know enough of the command line to start programs.
- I am not afraid of computers.
That said, we are working on a PsyToolkit version especially for teaching, which will have a slightly different interface and which will be (even) easier to work with.
Screen shots
Top left: Object tracking task
Top right: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test analogue
Bottom left: Visual search task
Bottom right: PsyQuest questionnaire presenter