A VERSATILE, USER-FRIENDLY TACHISTOSCOPE FOR THE MACINTOSH

A wide range of experimental procedures require precisely timed stimulus presentations, and then record timed responses from subjects. In many of these procedures, stimulus presentations must be very brief (i.e., tachistoscopic), and followed by a masking stimulus. TScope, a new application for the Macintosh, is designed to run virtually any of these procedures. TScope and its companion program, ConfigureTScope, are designed with an emphasis on versatility, ease-of-use, and, consequently, ease of instruction. TScope is suitable for both classroom and research use. The present article provides a description of TScope's capabilities and also provides several examples of how this application can be used.