Black Jonathan K, Koller Jonathan M, Black Kevin J
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 84602, USA.
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine , St. Louis , Missouri, 63110, USA.
F1000Res. 2017 Aug 24;6:1560. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.12327.2. eCollection 2017.
Woods and Himle developed a standardized tic suppression paradigm (TSP) for the experimental setting, to quantify the effects of intentional tic suppression in Tourette syndrome. The present article describes a Java program that automates record keeping and reward dispensing during the several experimental conditions of the TSP. The software can optionally be connected to a commercial reward token dispenser to further automate reward delivery to the participant. The timing of all tics, 10-second tic-free intervals, and dispensed rewards is recorded in plain text files for later analysis. Expected applications include research on Tourette syndrome and related disorders.
伍兹和希姆勒为实验环境开发了一种标准化的抽动抑制范式（TSP），以量化图雷特综合症中故意抑制抽动的效果。本文描述了一个Java程序，该程序可在TSP的几个实验条件下自动进行记录保存和奖励发放。该软件可以选择连接到商业奖励令牌发放器，以进一步自动向参与者发放奖励。所有抽动的时间、10秒无抽动间隔以及发放的奖励都记录在纯文本文件中，以供后续分析。预期的应用包括对图雷特综合症及相关疾病的研究。
