Ratcave

A free, open source Python 3D graphics library called Ratcave that extends existing Python psychology stimulus software by allowing scientists to load, display, and transform 3D stimuli created in 3D modeling software.

Authors:  Nicholas A. Del Grosso & Anton Sirota
Updated:  2020-12-18
Source:  https://github.com/ratcave/ratcave
Keywords:  psychology,  Python,  experiment,  software,  English

BITTSy: Behavioral Infant & Toddler Testing System

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.

Authors:  Rochelle Newman,  Emily Shroads,  Elizabeth Johnson,  Ruth Tincoff,  Kris Onishi,  Giovanna Morini
Updated:  2020-09-04
Source:  http://langdev.umd.edu/bittsy/
Keywords:  child-development,  software,  experiment,  behavior,  English

The Internal Representations Questionnaire

The Internal Representations Questionnaire (IRQ) is a measure designed to quantify the subjective format of thought. There are four factors in the questionnaire namely; visual imagery, propensity to verbalize, representational manipulation and orthographic imagery.

Authors:  Hettie Roebuck,  Pierce Edmiston,  Gary Lupyan
Updated:  2020-07-14
Source:  https://osf.io/8rdzh/
Keywords:  psychology,  cognition,  questionnaire,  language,  English

The Model Talker System

The ModelTalker System converts plain English text to speech. It uses recorded speech (either from a prospective SGD user or from a voice donor chosen by or for the SGD user) to create a unique synthetic voice.

Authors:  H. Timothy Bunnell,  Jason Lilley,  Matthew Buzzell,  Maxwell Schmid,  Bill Moyers,  Derek Freer
Updated:  2020-06-25
Source:  https://www.modeltalker.org/
Keywords:  language,  communication,  speech,  phonology,  morphology,  English

Spatial Orientation Test

On each trial of the SOT, people are shown an array of objects; they have to imagine being located at one object, facing a second object (the orienting cue). They must indicate the direction of a third object (the target object) by drawing a line from the center of the circle in the direction believed to be correct.

Authors:  Alinda Friedman,  Alexander Paul Boone,  Bernd Kohler,  Mary Hegarty
Updated:  2020-05-26
Source:  https://osf.io/wq3kd/
Keywords:  psychology,  experiment,  spatial-ability,  perspective,  English

ASL-CDI 2.0

The ASL-CDI 2.0 is an updated American Sign Language adaptation of the MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventory. It is an assessment of early vocabulary knowledge in children learning American Sign Language.

Authors:  Naomi Caselli,  Jennie Pyers,  Amy Lieberman
Updated:  2020-04-30
Source:  https://www.aslcdi.org/
Keywords:  vocabulary,  language-development,  communication,  American-Sign-Language,  English

The Emotion Recognition Task

The ERT is a computerized task to assess the perception of facial expressions. The task presents morphed facial expressions that gradually increase in intensity.

Authors:  Barbara Montagne,  Roy Kessels,  David Perrett,  Edward de Haan
Updated:  2020-04-30
Source:  https://www.emotionrecognitiontask.com/
Keywords:  emotion,  psychology,  neuropsychology,  cognition,  Dutch,  English,  German,  French,  Spanish,  Finnish,  Italian,  Russian,  Lithuanian,  Greek,  Portuguese,  Turkish

VL2 Storybook Apps

Stories told in sign language by fluent Deaf storytellers. Easy & accessible navigation designed for children. Page-by-page sign language videos supporting the printed sentences text. Rich interactive narrative with direct English to ASL vocabulary video translation. 120+ new vocabulary words with each app. Parents can learn new ASL signs along with their child.

Authors:  Motion Light Lab
Updated:  2020-04-30
Source:  https://vl2storybookapps.com/digital-library
Keywords:  language,  education,  bilingual,  American-Sign-Language,  English

Corpus of Contemporary American English

The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) is the only large, genre-balanced corpus of American English.

Authors:  Mark Davies
Updated:  2020-03-30
Source:  https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/
Keywords:  English,  corpora,  linguistics,  frequency-data,  word-form

ArtLex-en: Acoustic and EMA data on thousands of words and syllables spoken by a single speaker of American English

EMA and acoustic data on over 20,000 words and approximately 2,000 controlled syllables spoken in isolation by a single speaker of Midwestern American English.

Authors:  Charles Redmon,  Seulgi Shin,  Panying Rong
Updated:  2020-03-10
Source:  https://gitlab.com/chredmon/ku-artlex_eng1
Keywords:  electromagnetic-articulography,  acoustics,  lexicon,  english