PSY585 EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMMING
| Course Code: | 2330585 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (0.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of the course the students will
- understand basic concepts in programming
- gain basic programming skills
- develop key problem solving skills in programming experiments
- understand different data structures, control sequences and basic syntax in Matlab
Course Content
Programming for behavioral sciences. Basic elements of computation. Developing programs for data acquisition, manipulation, simulation and visualization.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, student should be able to
- write functions and scripts to design experiments using Psychtoolbox in Matlab
- present string, visual or auditory stimuli on the screen
- collect responses from the keyboard and the mouse with proper timing
- read and write files using Matlab