Hi Nabin!

I am glad that you asked that question. We have been designing experiments in Matlab for a while and can help you to get started.

Here are the steps that helped me to start learning matlab:

1) I am a visual learner so I would suggest to go to http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/launchpad.html and look at tutorials from matlab website. They are very useful, especially for beginners and higher levels.

2) After you get familiar with basic functionality go to http://psychtoolbox.org/PsychtoolboxTutorial and learn some basic functions that you will use in Psychtoolbox. They also will explain you how to download a Psychtoolbox on your computer.

3) Then I would run Psychtoolbox demos and look at their code so you know how Psychtoolbox functions work visually. http://docs.psychtoolbox.org/PsychDemos

4) Try to decompose demos and write your own simple code aka white screen, white screen with figures inside of it, moving figures etc.

If you like powerpoint courses:

http://argentum.ucbso.berkeley.edu/PTBtutorial

http://faculty.washington.edu/ionefine/html/Psychtoolbox.html

http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/matlab_course/course_materials.php

If you have matlab related questions then you should ask them here:

Matlab Answers http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/

Stackoverflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/matlab

I hope this information helps.

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Hi Nabin!

I am glad that you asked that question. We have been designing experiments in Matlab for a while and can help you to get started.

Here are the steps that helped me to start learning matlab:

1) I am a visual learner so I would suggest to go to http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/launchpad.html and look at tutorials from matlab website. They are very useful, especially for beginners and higher levels.

2) After you get familiar with basic functionality go to http://psychtoolbox.org/PsychtoolboxTutorial and learn some basic functions that you will use in Psychtoolbox. They also will explain you how to download a Psychtoolbox on your computer.

3) Then I would run Psychtoolbox demos and look at their code so you know how Psychtoolbox functions work visually. http://docs.psychtoolbox.org/PsychDemos

4) Try to decompose demos and write your own simple code aka white screen, white screen with figures inside of it, moving figures etc.

If you like powerpoint courses:

http://argentum.ucbso.berkeley.edu/PTBtutorial

http://faculty.washington.edu/ionefine/html/Psychtoolbox.html

http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/matlab_course/course_materials.php

If you have matlab related questions then you should ask them here:

Matlab Answers http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/

Stackoverflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/matlab

I hope this information helps.

My company helps research groups to outsource tasks that slow down the scientific discovery and make research inefficient.

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I would recommend the online materials from a Matlab course at Washington U, combined with the Mathworks tutorials Alex mentionned, and of course the MatLab help :)

http://faculty.washington.edu/ionefine/MatlabCourseNotes07.html

http://courses.washington.edu/matlab2/

http://argentum.ucbso.berkeley.edu/PTBtutorial

Cheers!

Niia

Thank you Alex and Niia. Your informations are really helpful. I already have Psychtoolbox installed in the MATLAB platform. I am going through the sites that you suggested and now is trying to go via them. It looks like it needs a lot of patience to actually make your own program run. Hopefully, I will get there one day.

Thank you so much.

Kind regards,

Nabin

Hi Nabin,

Yes there is an initial learning curve, (it is comparable to learning a new language after all), and it's good to put time into it regularly.

Another learning tool: the Matlab Cody has many quick problems with which you can practice, it's less frustrating that trying to tackle writing script for a whole experiment right away.

http://www.mathworks.de/matlabcentral/cody

Cheers,

N

Hi Niia,

Thank you so much for your advice and help.

Cheers!

Nabin

You could also try and look a the ICN tutorial courses.

http://www.icn.ucl.ac.uk/courses/MATLAB-Tutorials/index.htm

They are quite good for Matlab. Although generally focused on Cogent 2000, in recent years they started providing very nice ppts guiding you through the mysteries and fun of Psychtoolbox!

Thanks Alessandro!

May I suggest my blog about Matlab :

http://www.matlabtips.com

It provides help to both beginners and advanced users.

Hi,

I guess you already know the answer by now, but I would suggest the below listed university-authored MATLAB tutorials and resources.

1. The University of Edinburgh (An interactive introduction to MATLAB)

2. Eindhoven University of Technology (Interactive course)

Enrolling in a professional classroom training course is another good option!

Best wishes,

Amit

http://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/matlab/

http://www.imc.tue.nl/

http://se.mathworks.com/services/training/courses/index.html?sec=matlab&by=product&format_type=1

This looks very comfortable. Give a try

http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-18-002-introduction-to-matlab-spring-2008/lecture-notes/

this website one of the best

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/matlab/

Your question will help a lot of us..Thanks!

Hi,

I found the following book very helpful for the same:- 

http://www.amazon.com/MATLAB-Psychologists-Mauro-Borgo/dp/1461421969

These two primers also helpful for Matlab beginner: - 

1. http://www.mathworks.in/help/pdf_doc/matlab/getstart.pdf

2. http://www.math.toronto.edu/mpugh/primer.pdf

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Thank you all

Hello Nabin ,

I had the same question some months ago and after a lot of searching and trying I ended up with the 'Interactive Introduction to MATLAB' made by the School of Engineering of the University of Edinburgh.

http://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/matlab

I hope you find it useful !

This is one of the most useful threads. Cheers all

Just to add to the above, when I first started learning MATLAB I followed a free online course by Coursera. Amazingly helpful, with step by step guidance and even homework to work through. Highly recommend!...

https://www.coursera.org/learn/matlab

I am using the following resources:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sskr9m-UtQ - youtube lessons with code
• http://www.jonaskaplan.com/psych599.php - ppt lessons with exercises and code (my favourite)

Hope this helps,

Eduardo

I have several resources for learning MATLAB and signal processing, data analysis, and statistics, linked on my website: mikexcohen.com

Mike

@Mahboobeh Parsapoor I need that, can you please send it to me. @Mahboobeh

Hi! As I browsed through different online course platforms, I found a website that aggregates many online courses by subject, and it helped me compare and decide which ones to take. They made a selection of MATLAB courses that might be useful for you: https://classpert.com/the-complete-matlab-courses-catalog.

I hope everyone's studies are going well!

https://www.coursera.org/learn/matlab

@Mahboobeh Parsapoor could you please send me some deep learning codes too