31.1191, FYI: Webinar: Introduction to PCIbex for Online Experiments

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Subject: 31.1191, FYI:  Webinar: Introduction to PCIbex for Online Experiments

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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:31:34
From: Florian Schwarz [florians at ling.upenn.edu]
Subject: Webinar: Introduction to PCIbex for Online Experiments

 
Webinar: Introduction to PCIbex for Online Experiments
Hosted by Jeremy Zehr & Florian Schwarz
 
Time & Date:
Thursday, April 2nd, 2020, 1-2:30pm EST (hosts will be available for
additional optional Q&A time until 3)
 
Zoom link (just click to join): https://sasupenn.zoom.us/j/302473588
(Note: A recording of the webinar will be posted at
https://www.pcibex.net/documentation/)
 
Workshop Description:
This workshop introduces PennController for IBEX (PCIbex), a free and
open-source platform for designing, implementing and hosting online
experiments, of use to anyone collecting behavioral experimental data in the
cognitive sciences and beyond. In the workshop, you will reproduce this simple
experiment to introduce you to core features. Along the way, you will learn
how to develop and host experiments on the PCIbex Farm, which comes with its
own interface and requires no server setup, software installation or prior
knowledge of a programming language. Focusing on fundamental concepts and the
basic logic of the interface, this workshop will be useful both to students
and researchers new to online experiments and ones with prior experience on
other platforms.
 
More about PennController for IBEX:
PCIbex builds on IBEX, a free, javacript-based platform for running
experiments online, developed by Alex Drummond to conduct common text-based,
psycho-linguistic tasks, including self-paced reading and rating studies.
PCIbex is an extension developed by Jeremy Zehr within a project in Florian
Schwarz’s lab at the University of Pennsylvania. It uses a versatile and
user-friendly yet powerful mini-script language (requiring no javascript
skills) for incorporating a diverse range of features in your experiment, such
as multimedia support and dynamically unfolding trial structures, with the
capacity of tracking timing and inputs throughout, to accommodate both simple
and complex experimental task paradigms with a wide range of dynamic and
interactive features (e.g., visual stimuli, flexible, multi-stage trial
structure, response feedback, scripted/ timed events, playing audio and
video).
 
Free hosting offered at https://expt.pcibex.net/ means posting simple
experiments online just takes a few simple steps that can be shared through a
URL. This is compatible with a variety of recruitment platforms, e.g., Sona,
Prolific, or Mechanical Turk. Templates or prior experiments can easily be
imported via github, which also allows for easy sharing of your work for
maximal transparency and replicability.
 
For more details on usage and features, see the full documentation, as well as
the support forum. Direct any questions on PCIbex or the workshop to
penncontroller at lab.florianschwarz.net.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Language Acquisition
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Psycholinguistics





 



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