A simple and cheap setup for timing tapping responses synchronized to auditory stimuli

Autores
Miguel, Martín Alejandro; Riera, Pablo; Fernandez Slezak, Diego
Año de publicación
2022
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
Measuring human capabilities to synchronize in time, adapt to perturbations to timing sequences, or reproduce time intervals often requires experimental setups that allow recording response times with millisecond precision. Most setups present auditory stimuli using either MIDI devices or specialized hardware such as Arduino and are often expensive or require calibration and advanced programming skills. Here, we present in detail an experimental setup that only requires an external sound card and minor electronic skills, works on a conventional PC, is cheaper than alternatives, and requires almost no programming skills. It is intended for presenting any auditory stimuli and recording tapping response times with within 2-ms precision (up to - 2 ms lag). This paper shows why desired accuracy in recording response times against auditory stimuli is difficult to achieve in conventional computer setups, presents an experimental setup to overcome this, and explains in detail how to set it up and use the provided code. Finally, the code for analyzing the recorded tapping responses was evaluated, showing that no spurious or missing events were found in 94% of the analyzed recordings.
Fil: Miguel, Martín Alejandro. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Computación; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Riera, Pablo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Computación; Argentina
Fil: Fernandez Slezak, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Computación; Argentina
Materia
AUDITORY STIMULI
SENSORIMOTOR SYNCHRONIZATION
TIMING EXPERIMENT
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acceso abierto
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A simple and cheap setup for timing tapping responses synchronized to auditory stimuli
title A simple and cheap setup for timing tapping responses synchronized to auditory stimuli
spellingShingle A simple and cheap setup for timing tapping responses synchronized to auditory stimuli
Miguel, Martín Alejandro
AUDITORY STIMULI
SENSORIMOTOR SYNCHRONIZATION
TIMING EXPERIMENT
title_short A simple and cheap setup for timing tapping responses synchronized to auditory stimuli
title_full A simple and cheap setup for timing tapping responses synchronized to auditory stimuli
title_fullStr A simple and cheap setup for timing tapping responses synchronized to auditory stimuli
title_full_unstemmed A simple and cheap setup for timing tapping responses synchronized to auditory stimuli
title_sort A simple and cheap setup for timing tapping responses synchronized to auditory stimuli
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Miguel, Martín Alejandro
Riera, Pablo
Fernandez Slezak, Diego
author Miguel, Martín Alejandro
author_facet Miguel, Martín Alejandro
Riera, Pablo
Fernandez Slezak, Diego
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author2 Riera, Pablo
Fernandez Slezak, Diego
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv AUDITORY STIMULI
SENSORIMOTOR SYNCHRONIZATION
TIMING EXPERIMENT
topic AUDITORY STIMULI
SENSORIMOTOR SYNCHRONIZATION
TIMING EXPERIMENT
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Measuring human capabilities to synchronize in time, adapt to perturbations to timing sequences, or reproduce time intervals often requires experimental setups that allow recording response times with millisecond precision. Most setups present auditory stimuli using either MIDI devices or specialized hardware such as Arduino and are often expensive or require calibration and advanced programming skills. Here, we present in detail an experimental setup that only requires an external sound card and minor electronic skills, works on a conventional PC, is cheaper than alternatives, and requires almost no programming skills. It is intended for presenting any auditory stimuli and recording tapping response times with within 2-ms precision (up to - 2 ms lag). This paper shows why desired accuracy in recording response times against auditory stimuli is difficult to achieve in conventional computer setups, presents an experimental setup to overcome this, and explains in detail how to set it up and use the provided code. Finally, the code for analyzing the recorded tapping responses was evaluated, showing that no spurious or missing events were found in 94% of the analyzed recordings.
Fil: Miguel, Martín Alejandro. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Computación; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Riera, Pablo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Computación; Argentina
Fil: Fernandez Slezak, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Computación; Argentina
description Measuring human capabilities to synchronize in time, adapt to perturbations to timing sequences, or reproduce time intervals often requires experimental setups that allow recording response times with millisecond precision. Most setups present auditory stimuli using either MIDI devices or specialized hardware such as Arduino and are often expensive or require calibration and advanced programming skills. Here, we present in detail an experimental setup that only requires an external sound card and minor electronic skills, works on a conventional PC, is cheaper than alternatives, and requires almost no programming skills. It is intended for presenting any auditory stimuli and recording tapping response times with within 2-ms precision (up to - 2 ms lag). This paper shows why desired accuracy in recording response times against auditory stimuli is difficult to achieve in conventional computer setups, presents an experimental setup to overcome this, and explains in detail how to set it up and use the provided code. Finally, the code for analyzing the recorded tapping responses was evaluated, showing that no spurious or missing events were found in 94% of the analyzed recordings.
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