Managing Complexity in Psychology Experiment Generation

管理心理学实验生成中的复杂性

基本信息

批准号：
6833699
负责人：
Anthony P Zuccolotto
金额：
$ 12.45万
依托单位：
PSYCHOLOGY SOFTWARE TOOLS, INC.
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2004
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2004-08-01 至 2005-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will develop new technologies to advance the efficiency, precision, power, and ease of use of tools for psychology experiment generation. This proposal develops methods that will allow psychologists to cope with the growing complexity of computer based experimentation and Internet based data collection. The research addresses five specific objectives to develop an integrated approach to managing complexity in a technology family referred to as the Taming Experiment Complexity Suite (TECS). The first objective is to develop an extendable spreadsheet interface for building experiments that will dramatically reduce the learning and development time by providing a novel interface that maximizes transfer from previous computer applications knowledge and manages the complexity shown to the researcher while providing a flexible, precise, easy to use interface. The research will involve videotaped behavioral tests, task analyses, classroom tests, and experiment coverage assessment. The second objective is to create an automated data processing method using "smart" Excel Spreadsheets, PowerPoint creation programs, and web page creation. The third is to develop a precision USB microprocessor device that maintains independent 0.1 ms timing with synchronization to ERP/fMRI/physiological monitoring data collection. The fourth is develop an Internet based data collection architecture that can maintain timing precision with remote multi-site data collection. The fifth is to provide an integration of tutorial tools, paradigm library, and suite architecture to enable comprehensive experiment supervision, data management and archiving. The resulting product will enable researchers to construct cutting edge experiments in behavioral, cognitive, perceptual, physiological, and brain imaging research covering over 90% of the current computerized experimental literature. The team will draw on the expertise it has acquired developing the leading experiment generation and imaging tools that are currently used in thousands of laboratories and successfully commercializing past SBIR efforts.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目将开发新技术，以提高心理学实验生成工具的效率、精度、功能和易用性。该提案开发了一些方法，使心理学家能够应对基于计算机的实验和基于互联网的数据收集日益复杂的情况。该研究解决了五个具体目标，以开发一种集成方法来管理称为“驯服实验复杂性套件”(TECS) 的技术系列中的复杂性。第一个目标是开发一个用于构建实验的可扩展电子表格界面，通过提供一个新颖的界面，最大限度地转移以前的计算机应用知识并管理向研究人员展示的复杂性，同时提供灵活、精确、易于使用的界面。该研究将涉及录像行为测试、任务分析、课堂测试和实验覆盖率评估。第二个目标是使用“智能”Excel 电子表格、PowerPoint 创建程序和网页创建来创建自动化数据处理方法。第三是开发精密USB微处理器设备，保持独立的0.1毫秒定时，并与ERP/fMRI/生理监测数据采集同步。第四是开发基于互联网的数据收集架构，可以通过远程多站点数据收集保持计时精度。第五是提供教程工具、范例库和套件架构的集成，以实现全面的实验监督、数据管理和归档。由此产生的产品将使研究人员能够构建行为、认知、知觉、生理和脑成像研究领域的前沿实验，涵盖当前计算机化实验文献的 90% 以上。该团队将利用其所获得的专业知识来开发目前在数千个实验室中使用的领先实验生成和成像工具，并成功地将过去的 SBIR 成果商业化。