Newman R S, Shroads E A, Johnson E K, Kamdar J, Morini G, Onishi K H, Smith E, Tincoff R
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
Language Science Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Behav Res Methods. 2021 Dec;53(6):2604-2614. doi: 10.3758/s13428-021-01583-9. Epub 2021 May 19.
This manuscript introduces BITTSy, the Behavioral Infant & Toddler Testing System. This software system is capable of running the headturn preference procedure, preferential looking, conditioned headturn, and visual fixation/habituation procedures. It uses only commercial-off-theshelf (COTS) hardware to implement the procedures in an affordable and space-efficient setup. The software package, example protocols and data sets, and manual are freely available and downloadable from go.umd.edu/BITTSy, making this entire set of procedures available to resource-limited labs. Researchers can easily use BITTSy at multiple sites in a uniform manner, resulting in a standardized, powerful research tool that can enhance cross-site research collaborations.
本手稿介绍了BITTSy,即婴幼儿行为测试系统。该软件系统能够运行转头偏好程序、优先注视、条件性转头以及视觉注视/习惯化程序。它仅使用现成的商用(COTS)硬件,以经济实惠且节省空间的设置来实施这些程序。软件包、示例协议和数据集以及手册均可从go.umd.edu/BITTSy免费获取并下载,从而使这套完整的程序可供资源有限的实验室使用。研究人员可以轻松地在多个地点以统一的方式使用BITTSy,从而形成一个标准化、强大的研究工具,可加强跨地点的研究合作。