Software:

Wisp lets a researcher apply stimuli to subjects. The voluntary and involuntary responses of the subjects are measured and recorded. The response data can subsequently be examined and processed in various ways (heart beat, eye blink, EMG, skin conductance and neuronal activity), producing printed reports and tabular ASCII data for export to other software. Up to 4 subjects can each have 8 separate stimuli applied and 8 separate responses recorded. The stimuli, response, and data processing definitions are maintained in an unlimited number of separate Experiment files. The Wisp software can produce audio tones and noise to be applied to the subjects as stimuli.


Hardware:

Wisp runs on a Windows 98 platform, preferably 500Mhz or faster. An A/D converter captures response (clock) data during a trial and stores the data in RAM. At the end of the trial, and before the start of the next one, Wisp reads the accumulated clock data from RAM, counts and accumulates responses to prevent a subject from being over stimulated, and writes the data to a file on disk.
A digital output board (typically with TTL outputs) is used to turn external stimuli on and off. The Macro KR22 Relay Output board can accept an I/O cable directly from a Data Translation DT2839. It provides 16 DPDT relay contacts.



The Wisp software is dedicated to the memory of Shirley L. Buchannan, Ph.D

The Watership Down Behavioral Neuroscience Project



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