Resources

There are multiple sources of information that you should use to help you along your journey to designing building building and explaining an experiment in PsychoPy. Here are some we’ve listed but make sure you look for your own too.

PsychoPy Specific

• PsychoPy Experiment Recipe Book

• Susan Benear’s - Coding Outreach Group Summer Workshop

• PsychoPy Forum – use it, create an account, ask questions and help others.

• Excellent introductory information from the University of Nottingham

• Peirce, J., Hirst, R., & MacAskill, M. (2022). Building experiments in PsychoPy. Sage.

  • Available electronically from MDX library - sign in required.

• Slides Jon & Alex’s lecture on PsychoPy.

Python Specific

• Download and install Python
• Introduction to Python online
• learnpython.org
• Lutz, M. (2013). Learning python: Powerful object-oriented programming. ” O’Reilly Media, Inc.”.
  • Available electronically from MDX library - sign in required.

Broader Programing Resources

• R and RStudio
  • R is a programming language commonly used in data science and statistics.
  • R studio is a desktop environment for using coding programs like R and Python.
• PsyTeachR - is an amazing set of resources made freely available by the Psychology department at Glasgow University - highly recommended!