% ScreenExamples.

m
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% opens a window using psychtoolbox,
% shows simple examples of usage of a number of drawing commans
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% Of note comments are intentially left out so that students can see
an
% example of a command that works but will still have to go through a
% process of discovery to master them.
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% written for Psychtoolbox 3 by Aaron Seitz 1/2012
[window, rect]=Screen('OpenWindow',0);
dur=1;
Screen('FrameOval',window,[127],[200 200 400 400])
Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
Screen('FillOval',window,[127],[200 200 400 400])
Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
Screen('FrameRect',window,[127],[200 200 400 400])
Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
Screen('FillRect',window,[127],[200 200 400 400])
Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
Screen('DrawLine',window,[127],200,200, 400, 400)
Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
Screen('DrawLines',window,[200 300 300 400 400 500; 300 300 400 400
500 600],2, [255 8 89])
Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
Screen('DrawArc',window,[127],[200 200 400 400],23,200)
Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
Screen('FillArc',window,[127],[200 200 400 400],23,56)
Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
Screen('FillPoly',window,rand(3,1)*255,[200 300 300 400 400 500; 300
300 400 400 500 600]')
Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
Screen('FramePoly',window,rand(3,1)*255,[200 300 300 400 400 500; 300
300 400 400 500 600]')

Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
% Note with text there are a lot of formatting options!
Screen('TextFont',window, 'Courier');
Screen('TextSize',window, 30);
Screen('TextStyle', window, 0);
Screen('DrawText', window, 'Here is one way to draw text', 100, 300,
rand(3,1)*255);
DrawFormattedText(window,'Here is another','center','center',[255 0
255]);
Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
%Note with Textures you need to first make them and then draw them.
IM1=rand(100,100,3)*255;
IM2= imread('T.png', 'png');
tex(1) = Screen('MakeTexture', window, IM1);
tex(2) = Screen('MakeTexture', window, IM2);
Screen('DrawTextures', window, tex([1 2 1 2]), [], [100 100
400 400; 400 350 550 500; 600 600 800 800; 100 500 200 550]',
rand(4,1)*360);
Screen('DrawTexture', window, tex(2), []);
Screen('Flip',window)
WaitSecs(dur)
Screen('CloseAll');

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SampleExperiment.m
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shows a simple experiment, press a key whenever you see or hear a
cow...instructions to the subject are an excercise to the user ;-).
runs a staircase
written for Psychtoolbox 3

by Aaron Seitz 1/2012

%% Example Experiment
% Gets subject Info sets up experiment
prompt = {'Enter subject number:'}; %description of fields
defaults = {''};%you can put in default responses
answer = inputdlg(prompt, 'Subject Number',1.2,defaults); %opens
dialog
SUBJECT = answer{1,:}; %Gets Subject Name

c = clock; %Current date and time as date vector. [year month day hour
minute seconds]
baseName=[SUBJECT '_DemoExp_' num2str(c(2)) '_' num2str(c(3)) '_'
num2str(c(4)) '_' num2str(c(5))]; %makes unique filename
rand('seed',GetSecs); %sets randseed
% Opens Sets up Psychtoolbox
[window, rect]=Screen('OpenWindow',0); % open screen
FlipInt=Screen('GetFlipInterval',window); %Gets Flip Interval
ListenChar(2); %makes it so characters typed don?t show up in the
command window
HideCursor(); %hides the cursor
KbName('UnifyKeyNames'); %used for cross-platform compatibility of
keynaming
KbQueueCreate; %creates cue using defaults
KbQueueStart; %starts the cue
[wavedata freq ] = wavread('./cow.wav'); % load sound file
TheSnd=[wavedata wavedata] ;
InitializePsychSound(1); %inidializes sound driver...the 1 pushes for
low latency
pahandle = PsychPortAudio('Open', [], [], 2, freq, 2, 0); % opens
sound buffer...requests high-precision timing and stereo
vbl=Screen('Flip',window); %gets a good basetime
%staircase parameters
numdown=3; %number of corrent items in a row to go down.
stepsize=-.01; %step size
thresh=.3; %starting point of staircase
CorCounter=0;
for trial=1:40 %runs through trials
starttime=vbl +round((3*rand + 1)/FlipInt)*FlipInt %jitters
prestim interval between 1 and 3.5 and rounds to flip intervals
PsychPortAudio('FillBuffer', pahandle, thresh*TheSnd'); % loads
data into buffer
PsychPortAudio('Start', pahandle,1,inf); %starts sound at infinity
PsychPortAudio('RescheduleStart', pahandle, starttime, 0)
%reschedules startime to
vbl=Screen('Flip',window,starttime-FlipInt/2); %swaps backbuffer
to frontbuffer
KbQueueFlush; %Flushes Buffer so only response after stimonset are
recorded
Waitsecs(.5); %gives .5 secs for a response
if KbQueueCheck
CorCounter=
CorCounter+1;
else
CorCounter=0
end
threshhist(trial)=thresh;
if CorCounter>=numdown
thresh=thresh+stepsize;

else
thresh=thresh-stepsize;
end
thresh=max(thresh,0); %makes sure values don't go negative
thresh=min(thresh,1);
%makes sure values don't go above 1
save(baseName) % saves everything in the workspace
end
ListenChar(0); %makes it so characters typed do show up in the command
window
ShowCursor(); %shows the cursor
Screen('CloseAll'); %Closes Screen
Priority(0); %resets priority
KbQueueRelease; %releases keyboard cue
ListenChar(0); %makes it so characters typed do show up in the command
window
PsychPortAudio('Close'); %close audiobuffer