DiViDu – An Open Source Solution for Dual Task Experiments with Integrated Divided Visual Field Paradigm. Issue 1 (6th April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Heck, Nina; Schubotz, Moritz
• Is Part Of: Journal of open research software. Volume 6:Issue 1(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-04-06
• Subjects: neuropsychology -- behavioural experiments -- lateralisation -- dual task paradigm -- divided visual field paradigm; Computer software -- Reusability -- Periodicals; Open source software -- Periodicals; 005
• DOI: 10.5334/jors.199
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2049-9647

Abstract

We here present DiViDu, a research software, which we developed for a dual task experiment with an integrated divided visual field paradigm. The dual task experiment consists of a lexical decision task with different semantic verb categories, and a complex tapping task with either the left or right hand. The software allows researchers the replication of our experiment, as well as the reconfiguration for further dual task experiments with alternative tapping tasks and stimuli (e.g., word classes, semantic classes, task languages) as well as adjusted experimental settings. Furthermore, with only slight modifications to the source code, researchers can implement various new experimental setups including a large variety of language tasks (e.g., silent and aloud reading, naming, verbal fluency) and non-verbal tasks. The software DiViDu is implemented using the .NET framework and is available under the Apache 2 License on GitHub (https://github.com/dividu/dividu ).