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Black Box Toolkit
Black Box Toolkit is a unique product which enables the researcher to check the presentation and response accuracy of their experimental paradigm running on their own equipment to guaranteed millisecond accuracy. The toolkit is designed to act as a programmable “virtual human” which can detect and respond to stimulus event extremely precisely. It provides all the interfaces needed to “virtualise” a human in terms of a typical computer-based study. Typically, Black Box Toolkit might operate as follows. Your own PC (Mac or Windows) runs your own unmodified paradigm in-situ and a second Windows-based machine running the Black Box Toolkit responds to stimulus events (for example via photodetectors attached to the display of the first PC, or via a microphone placed close to a speaker), and make appropriate pre-programmed responses (for example, via a line attached to a button box or keyboard). The Black Box Toolkit software enables you to record screen events, check synchrony between two stimulus types (such as visual and auditory), and simulate responses after delays you define. The software allows you to analyse the timing characteritics and deviations from expected timings. The Black Box Toolkit is provided as a base version together with a number of additional specialised modules. See pricing information page for more details. PC requirements for running Black Box Toolkit software are as follows: The Black Box Toolkit can also be used in real experiments. With the optional response pad, it can be used as an accurate four-button response device. Other add-ons allow audio input and monitoring of up to four display events. See the Black Box Toolkit site for more details. This site also provides case studies of BBTK usage and downloadable demos with simulations.
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