A primer of visual stimulus presentation software
Frontiers in NeurosciencePublished 15 September 2009Open access
Rolf Kötter
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This paper by Straw on the Vision Egg gives a fairly technical account of many relevant hardware and software considerations, but is nevertheless a well readable primer of considerations when deciding on what visual stimulus software to choose or extend.
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