A general-purpose computer system for behavioral conditioning and neural recording experiments

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作者
Chen, GX [1 ]
Steinmetz, JE [1 ]
机构
[1] Indiana Univ, Dept Psychol, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS INSTRUMENTS & COMPUTERS | 1998年 / 30卷 / 03期
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10.3758/BF03200669
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B841 [心理学研究方法];
学科分类号
040201 ;
摘要
A computer system designed to control the delivery of stimuli and data acquisition during behavioral conditioning and neural recording experiments is described. This IBM-PC-compatible system is programmed in C++ and is capable of controlling stimulus presentations to four independently operating conditioning chambers while collecting one channel of analog and two channels of digital data from each of the chambers. This system is currently being used in a variety of learning and memory experiments involving rats, rabbits, and humans.
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