BITTSy: Behavioral Infant & Toddler Testing System

Authors: Rochelle NewmanEmily ShroadsElizabeth JohnsonRuth TincoffKris OnishiGiovanna Morini
Updated: Fri 04 September 2020
Source: http://langdev.umd.edu/bittsy/
Type: software
Languages: English
Keywords: child-developmentsoftwareexperimentbehaviorEnglish
Open Access: yes
License:
Documentation: https://ldevumd.gitbook.io/bittsy/set-up/bittsy-installation
Publications: Newman, R.S., Shroads, E.A., Johnson, E.K., Kamdar, J., Morini, G., Onishi, K.H., Smith, E., Tincoff, R. (2021). Introducing BITTSy: The Behavioral Infant & Toddler Testing System. Behavior Research Methods. 53(6): 2604-2614. doi: 10.3758/s13428-021-01583-9.
Citation: Newman, R.S., Shroads, E., Morini, G. Johnson, E.K., Onishi, K.H. & Tincoff, R. (2019). BITTSy: Behavioral Infant & Toddler Testing System. [Software]. Available from http://go.umd.edu/BITTSy
Summary:

BITTSy was created to fill a need for a multi-paradigm experimental testing platform for infants that can be implemented consistently across multiple testing sites. BITTSy is capable of running key infant behavioral testing paradigms, including Headturn Preference Procedure [HPP], Preferential Looking, and Visual Fixation/Habituation, through the same interface. BITTSy is the first standardized system to support headturn preference procedures, and the first with the capability to combine this paradigm with other methods in a single testing session. It is a freely available, standardized system that is compatible with modern Windows operating systems.