All posts in category Programming

Experiment Builder Tutorial – The Basics

I’ve been working on some new tutorials for using Experiment Builder. This video should be a useful introduction.

How to Turn on, Set Up and Run an Experiment on the Eyelink 1000

Gem has put together an excellent introductory guide detailing how to use an Eyelink 1000 machine. I’ve been handing it out to undergraduates, postgraduates, and staff learning the system left, right and centre. It’s a quick and easy reference for people to use when still getting to grips with the technicalities and finer details of [...]

Guide: Installing Experiment Builder

I’ve put together a brief guide regarding how to install Experiment Builder. It’s the main piece of software used for programming Eyelink eye tracking experiments. Head on over to the excellent SR-Research website for more information. There is plenty of more useful information about eye movements, eye tracking and psychology experiments there, too.

Choosing the right equipment

Continuing in the ‘How to set up an eye tracker’ series, I’ll now briefly discuss some pointers to consider before you set out buying a tracker.

Setting up your own eye tracking laboratory

Over the coming weeks/months, I’ll be posting some information and guides relating to setting up and using an eye tracker for psychology experiments.

Python Script: Get the Filenames from a Directory

It’s sometimes really annoying having to get a list of file names and group them for use in an experiment. For example, when using a datasource in Experiment Builder, I often find myself needing to generate a line-by-line list of all of the image names in a given experiment. I’ve been using the Python script [...]