Institute for Language Sciences Labs

FAQ

Why has my button box stopped working?

The button boxes as used in the lab are in fact tiny computers themselves, which try to reason with the lab computers. Sometimes, something goes wrong in their communication and the button box thinks it can govern itself. Usually, it is enough to unplug the USB cable from both the button box and the computer,…

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Why does my audio / video stutter when I use ZEP?

If you are running an experiment and you notice certain audio or video stimuli stuttering or being played with a certain delay, then it seems as if ZEP can’t load the stimuli files fast enough. Especially for time sensitive experiments, this can be catastrophic. If this happens it is very likely that you are running…

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Finding copyright-free images for use in experiments

Please take care to only use pictures in your experiment that you are allowed to use – you don’t want to be sued for violating copyright. You can tell Google to only show you images that are free to use, in the advanced options: https://www.google.com/advanced_image_search In ‘usage rights’, select ‘free to use share or modify’….

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