4-Members

Tutorials

• Octave/Matlab tutorial.
• Eye tracking tutorial (Eyetracking Lab).
• Using MT and Ibex farm (Eyetracking Lab).
• ePrime tutorial (www.pstnet.com) or pstnet youtube channel.
• Psychtoolbox
  • A brief guide (María Hernández-Lorca, Almudena Capilla).
  • Yuhong Jiang
  • tutorials (http://peterscarfe.com/).
• R Tutorial (Cataldo and Hopper)
• Psychopy tutorials
  • Build your first PsychoPy experiment (Stroop task).
  • How to create a language experiment in PsychoPy.
  • Getting Started With a Vision Science Experiment.
  • PsychoPy tutorial Simon Task.
  • Beginner tutorial.

Scheduling

• RDCL lab space (Tobin 508/9 & Bartlett 21A) –
  • Sign up on the RDCL calendar.
    • Log in.
    • Block out the time.
    • Make sure you’re using the RDCL calendar, not your personal calendar!!!
      • A common mistake is to block out the time on your personal calendar. No one else can see it if you do that.
      • Edit event > calendar > RDCL.
    • In the event name put:
      • Your name.
      • The experiment name.
      • The room name and number.
      • Do not include any participant information.
    • Talk to other lab members before scheduling large blocks of time.
  • For SONA experiments –
    • Create slots in SONA.
    • Only sign-up on SONA once you’ve blocked out time in the RDCL calendar.
    • SONA instructions are here.
• Eye tracking –
  • Sign up on the Eyetracking Lab calendar.
  • For SONA experiments –
    • Create slots in SONA.
    • Only sign-up on SONA once you’ve blocked out time in the Eyetracking Lab calendar.
    • SONA instructions are here.

Honors Projects

• See this page for information on submitting a 499Y and 499T.
• You can find a few sample 499Y and 499T contracts here.

Software

• Psychtoolbox library (RDCL functions) –  A folder of functions to be used in Psychophysics Toolbox. Updated 10/16/19.
• Psychtoolbox skeleton experiment – An example skeleton experiment using Psychophysics Toolbox and the RDCL functions. Updated 5/26/19.
• Calibration – Code to calibrate the luminance of a CRT. (M. Ross & J. Gold.) Updated 12/12/06.

Computing

• Guide to Unity Cluster (Thanks, Tejas!)

Forms

• Annual graduate student report (In pdf, odt, docx, and doc formats).

Filling out the 398B form and other RA information

• RA information: http://www.umass.edu/pbs/undergraduate/ras-tas-internships-independent-studies
• The 398B form is found here.
• The top box is self-explanatory with the following exceptions:
  • Hours/week: 3-9 hours/week, your choice.
  • # Credits: 1-3 (1 credit = 3 hours/week). This should match hours/week.
  • Grad student sponsor: Usually none.
  • Faculty sponsor: Andrew Cohen.
  • Research project: Leave blank.
• Circle the following: Pilot work, library research, recruit subjects, collect data, attend team meetings.
• Student role and expectations: Attend and participate in weekly lab meetings, recruit subjects, collect data, present research articles and/or research updates in meetings.
• Student, grad student sponsor…supervision: The sponsor will meet with the student during weekly meetings. More meetings will be scheduled as needed.  The sponsor will provide training in subject recruitment and experiment running.
• Specify how…evaluated: Student progress will be evaluated during weekly meetings.

Human subjects training

• CITI: You will need to complete CITI (collaborative institutional training initiative) training. All Human Subjects personnel working in Human Subject labs must complete Group 2 Social and Behavioral Research Investigators and Key Personnel before beginning to work in the lab. You do NOT need to do Group 1 Biomedical Research Investigators and Key Personnel. You do NOT need to do the Basic Training. You can find more information here http://www.umass.edu/pbs/undergraduate/ras-tas-internships-independent-studies under UMass’s Required CITI Training or at http://www.umass.edu/research/compliance/human-subjects-irb/training-education-and-outreach/citi-training-human-subjects-research. It will take about 2 hours. Send a copy of your completion report to esched@psych.umass.edu and cc me (alc@umass.edu). Please have this done before officially joining the lab. If you’ve completed the CITI training in the past 5 years, you don’t have to do it again (but please send me the completion report if you are new to the lab).
• DEPARTMENTAL ETHICS TRAINING: A requirement of being in a human subject lab at in PBS (like RDCL) is the departmental ethics training. This is a one time, two hour session. It is usually offered at the beginning of each semester. You can find the days and times it is offered here: http://www.umass.edu/pbs/undergraduate/ras-tas-internships-independent-studies. Look under Department’s Required Ethical Training. Note that pre-registration is required (see the website). If you have already taken this training, you do not have to take it again.

Academic job resources

• Potential interview questions (Gabard-Durnam)

How to run an experiment

• IRB checklist

Presentation Schedule

• See the lab calendar.