PsychoPy is a free and open-source software platform for creating psychological experiments, with tools for precise timing, hardware integration, and web-based studies.
PsychoPy is an open-source platform designed for scientists and researchers to create psychological experiments. It offers a flexible and intuitive Builder interface, precise timing for psychophysics, and support for dynamic, interactive studies. The platform includes hardware-accelerated graphics, calibration tools, and access to various hardware devices. PsychoPy also supports online experiments through PsychoJS and Pavlovia.org, allowing researchers to run studies on the web. It is widely used in universities for teaching and research, with resources like textbooks, tutorials, and a shared experiment repository.
The Psychology department at the University of Edinburgh was established in 1906 by the estate of George Combe. The first permanent post was known as the Combe lectureship in General and Experimental Psychology. The first incumbent, Dr W.G. Smith, was a PhD student of Wilhelm Wundt, a founding father of modern psychology. The second incumbent, James Drever, became the first Professor of Psychology in Scotland. After a philosophically oriented start, the appointment of a biologist, Professor D.M. Vowles, as chair in 1968 saw psychology develop strongly as a scientific discipline. The department was incorporated into the School of Philosophy, Psychology, & Language Sciences in 2003. We currently have around forty members of academic staff spanning all major areas of academic psychology: cognition, development, individual differences, neuroscience, and social psychology. We offer both undergraduate and postgraduate training, including several taught and research Masters, and PhDs.
In the Department of Psychology we focus on the investigation of behavior and its cognitive, neural and hormonal underpinnings in the full range of environmental situations. Our strengths lie in four broadly defined areas of development, cognition, neuroscience, and social and personality psychology. We develop and conduct theoretical and translational research to advance health and well-being.
The Department of Psychology at UC Davis is dedicated to in-depth psychological research, with our professors receiving international recognition in neuroscience education and the field of psychology. We offer undergraduate and graduate programs, emphasizing the integration of research and practice to cultivate future psychology experts.