PyVDT: a PsychoPy-based reimplementation of the Visual Monitoring Task (VMT; Knutson et al., 1991).

SYNOPSIS
The PyVDT (Hansen, 2016), like the VMT, displays single digits, one at a time, on a computer monitor, and participants are instructed to press a key whenever an ”even-odd-even” pattern of digits is displayed.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
PsychoPy (http://www.psychopy.org/).

CONFIGURATION
Adjust configuration options (screen resolution and refresh rate) inside pyvdt.ini.

HOW TO USE
Open pyvdt.py inside PsychoPy (Coder).
Click the green icon to run the code.
The program outputs sensitivity measures (d') and diagnostics to .csv files in the program directory.
To quit the program during testing, press q.

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Hansen, M. (2016). PyVDT: A PsychoPy-Based Visual Sequence Detection Task. Journal of Open Research Software, 4(1). http://doi.org/10.5334/jors.117

Hansen, M., Petersen, B., Ovesen, T., & Bærentsen, K. B. (2017). Postoperative Predictors of Speech Reception in Cochlear Implant Users. Unpublished manuscript. Retrieved from https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/wuvz4

Knutson, J. F., Hinrichs, J. V., Tyler, R. S., Gantz, B. J., Schartz, H. A., & Woodworth, G. (1991). Psychological predictors of audiological outcomes of multichannel cochlear implants: preliminary findings. The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, 100(10), 817–822. http://doi.org/10.1177/000348949110001006

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License: GPLv3.