I am curious to learn what people use for response boxes. I have happily used the Ergodex DX1 for years ( http://www.ergodex.com/mainpage.htm ) which is a custom keyboard that allows us to arrange buttons on a sheet of plastic and have them register as keyboard presses. The problem is the device is abandoned and getting it to work with operating systems after XP is difficult.
I want a good physical interface that can be used for 2, 3, or 4 interval forced choice tasks. I am not particularly concerned with accurate reaction time measures. A keyboard press speed is more than sufficient.
Any suggestions?
The price of progress leaves legacy devices in its wake, XP SP2 :)
In order to look into a possible solution more detailed info is needed e.g. the manner the PC uses the data from the 'keyboard' via normal keyboard strokes or via serial or USB ports. What will the annual requirement be?
In Asia people just use touch screens.
Touch screens are certainly an option and we use it in some settings. I like the tactile feel of physical buttons for a response box, if at all possible. Ideally, "normal keyboard strokes" via a USB port and a device that is recognized by the PC as keyboard as that doesn't require any new software. But I am interested in hearing about alternatives.
Hey David,
We've been using the Cedrus RB for interfacing with EEG systems, easy plug and play, i/o included and were quite happy with it, very simplistic however but efficient and simple to use.
https://cedrus.com/rb_series/
They feel a little 'light' though, so for very fast stressing reaction time experiements and for temporal accuracy we used gaming controllers, it makes things funnier also.
Cheers,
M
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