University of Houston
Department of Computer Science


In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Master of Science


Lianxiang Ji
will defend his thesis

 
SOFTWARE FOR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS IN VISUAL PSYCHOPHYSICS
 
Abstract


There is a wealth of software and hardware available to do psychophysical experiments. The existence of various operating systems and various video display hardware makes re-using software component sometimes unrealistic. In this paper, I will discuss a library known as MAT2VSG that serves as the interface between MATLAB and Cambridge Research System's VSG2/3 running on a PC. MAT2VSG is aimed to help students and researchers perform some psychophysical testing from within the MATLAB environment. The framework of the MAT2VSG makes it flexible for future expansion. In addition, I will discuss the Crowded E (CRD) system for visualizing a special type of stimuli and collecting responses data. The goal of the experiment is to test the ability of the observer to discriminate orientation of a tumbling E stimulus. CRD provides the basic application framework for doing certain types of experiments. For experiments with slightly different goals but still utilizing the similar type of stimuli, CRD is a good starting system.






 

Date: Monday, April 23, 2001
Time: 1:00PM
Place: 550-PGH



Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Olin Johnson