wgray
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Post by wgray on Jan 30, 2020 1:52:34 GMT
Greetings to all. The bane of internet software for those for whom milliseconds really matter, is lag time -- the time from a stimulus appearing on the screen and the user pressing a key in response. Obviously, we are looking for the time it takes a human to make a decision and/or the time to respond to a simple decision. Those of you who use Cedrus or Blackbox know that one of the features of their equipment is that a chip is included with the box that timestamps its own clocktime thereby recording the keypress delay independent of the Browser or computer OS or the transmission lag between, say, Troy NY and England.
I have looked through much of the documentation for PsyToolkit but I may have missed any discussions of this issue.
Many thanks for any responses.
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Post by PsyToolkit on Feb 10, 2020 15:10:48 GMT
Hi, It really depends on what you are after. The lag is not due to the internet (PsyToolkit only transmits information before and after an experiment; alternatively you can use the Linux Desktop version). The lag is in some USB keyboards. Even so, many psychologists accept this "noise" in their data. It is not ideal for time critical experiments. I personally think that it all depends on the keyboard; get a good keyboard, such as the Blackbox USB keyboard. They are much nicer than the Cedrus keyboards, and I found that the internal timer of Cedrus is not really useful if you have a reliable USB keyboard.
Gijsbert Stoet
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