Research Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

描述(由申请人提供)：随着组合研究模式(EEC、功能磁共振成像和各种行为分析)在认知神经科学研究中的使用越来越普遍，研究人员不得不努力解决这些系统与他们的实验控制软件之间缺乏单一解决方案的问题。这对NIH资助的许多行为研究的有效进展构成了障碍，并为专门设计用于与多个数据采集系统接口的精心设计的低成本软件包提供了商业机会。感知研究系统公司从开发的最早阶段就考虑到了这一目标，开发了一种名为Paradigm的新型实验控制系统。我们建议通过开发一种称为Elements的设备控制框架来改进和扩展该产品，使其能够与多种数据采集设备无缝连接。这种新的实验控制系统和设备控制框架将最大限度地减少实验开发时间，提高研究人员的工作效率，使其成为广泛领域研究人员不可或缺的工具。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As the use of combined research modalities (EEC, fMRI and various behavioral assays) has become increasingly common in cognitive neuroscience studies, researchers have had to struggle with the lack of a single solution for interfacing these systems with their experimental control software. This presents a barrier to the efficient progress of much NIH-funded behavioral research, and presents a commercial opportunity for a well-designed, low-cost software package specifically designed to interface with multiple data acquisition systems. Perception Research Systems, Inc., has developed a novel experimental control system called Paradigm with this goal in mind from the earliest phases of development. We propose to improve and extend this product by developing a device control framework, called Elements, that will allow it to interface seamlessly with a wide array of data acquisition devices. This new experimental control system and device control framework will minimize experiment development time and increase researcher productivity, making it an indispensable tool for researchers in a wide range of fields.