Name |
Company |
Catalog Number |
Comments |
Amplifier |
Numerous options |
|
See Curtin, Lorenzo, and Allen 2007 (PDF) for a list of vendors. |
Shock box |
Custom |
Custom |
See supplemental material for a circuit diagram for the custom shock box used by the Curtin laboratory. An example of a commercial shock box can be found at: http://www.psychlab.com/stim_SHK_shockers.html. |
Headphones |
Sennheiser |
4974 |
Head phones should be capable of repeatedly delivering startle probe’s at the level chosen by experimenters (e.g.102 dB). |
Participant monitoring camera |
PolarisUSA |
BC-660B |
Infrared capable camera so participant can be monitored while lights are off in experiment room. |
Infrared panel |
PolarisUSA |
IR-TILE |
|
Video monitor for participant monitoring |
Marshall Electronics |
M-Pro CCTV 19 |
|
Stimulus Computer |
Dell |
Dell Optiplex3010 |
Most modern computers appropriate |
Sound card (Stimulus computer) |
Creative |
70SB127000002 |
The sound card delivers the startle probes. An example of a stand alone noise generator can be found at:http://www.psychlab.com/stim_TG_WN_sound.html#. |
I/O card (Stimulus computer) |
Measurement Computing |
PCI-DIO24 |
I/O card allows control of shock box and communication of event markers (e.g. for startle probe occurrence) to data collection computer. |
Stimulus control software |
Psychtoolbox |
|
Open source (free) toolbox based in Matlab. |
Computational platform for stimulus control and data reduction |
MathWorks |
|
Required to use Psychtoolbox and EEGLAB (below). |
Data collection computer |
Dell |
Dell Optiplex3010 |
Most modern computers are appropriate |
Psychophysiology acquisition software |
Numerous options |
|
See Curtin, Lorenzo, and Allen 2007 (PDF) for a list of vendors. |
Stimulus Monitor |
Acer |
Acer AL1916W |
|
Data Collection Monitor |
Acer |
Acer AL1916W |
|
Participant CRT monitor |
ViewSonic |
P810 |
|
Data processing software |
EEGLAB |
|
Open source (free) software package based in Matlab. |