A SYSTEM FOR QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING .2. REAL-TIME SOFTWARE FOR MS-DOS MICROCOMPUTERS
A SYSTEM FOR QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING .2. REAL-TIME SOFTWARE FOR MS-DOS MICROCOMPUTERS
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DOI：
10.1016/0165-0270(94)90166-x
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发表时间：
1994-09-01
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3
通讯作者：
DISTERHOFT, JF
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作者：
AKASE, E;THOMPSON, LT;DISTERHOFT, JF
微电脑软件的设计和使用来控制的时间和交付的感官刺激，并在经典的条件反射实验中获得和分析行为数据。该软件包在DOS 4.x到6.x（早期版本在DOS 3.x下运行）下在与适当接口硬件耦合的PC AT兼容的微型计算机上运行（参见Thompson等人，1994年）。该软件控制多达8个条件刺激的定时输送。它可以从同时执行相同任务的2个受试者收集行为数据（例如，眨眼反应）或来自执行2个不同任务的单个受试者（例如，眨眼和条件辨别任务），允许其在许多实验范例中使用。数字定时信号可针对不同的刺激输出系统进行调整。连续监测行为，确保试验间测量一致。条件反应的存在或不存在的实时性能测量允许与外部事件（例如，血清取样、药物递送或单个单元记录）。定量测量生成的每个试验和完整的会话。记录存储在磁盘上，可以打印或合并用于统计分析。数据可以在标准介质上存档，内部软件实用程序将文件转换为PC和MacintoshTM程序。该系统和前面的论文中描述的硬件结合了联合收割机的易用性和在试验、会话、受试者、队列和研究中的极可复制的行为测量。
Microcomputer software was designed and used to control the timing and delivery of sensory stimuli and to acquire and analyze behavioral data during classical conditioning experiments. The software package runs under DOS 4.x through 6.x (earlier versions run under DOS 3.x) on PC AT-compatible microcomputers coupled with appropriate interface hardware (see Thompson et al., 1994). The software controls timed delivery of up to 8 conditional stimuli. It can collect behavioral data from 2 subjects simultaneously performing the same task (e.g., eyeblink responses) or from a single subject performing 2 different tasks (e.g., both eyeblink and conditional discrimination tasks), permitting its use in a number of experimental paradigms. Digital timing signals are adjustable for different stimulus output systems. Behavior is continuously monitored onscreen, ensuring consistent measurement across trials. Real-time performance measures of the presence or absence of conditioned responses allow coordination with external events (e.g., serum sampling, drug delivery, or single-unit recording). Quantitative measures are generated both for each trial and for complete sessions. Records are stored to disk and can be printed or merged for statistical analyses. Data can be archived on standard media, and internal software utilities translate files for export to PC and MacintoshTM programs. This system and the hardware described in the preceding paper combine ease of use with extremely replicable behavioral measurements across trials, sessions, subjects, cohorts, and studies.