Introducing BITTSy: The Behavioral Infant & Toddler Testing System

This manuscript introduces BITTSy, the B ehavioral I nfant & T oddler T esting Sy stem. 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...

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Published inBehavior research methods Vol. 53; no. 6; pp. 2604 - 2614
Main Authors Newman, R. S., Shroads, E. A., Johnson, E. K., Kamdar, J., Morini, G., Onishi, K. H., Smith, E., Tincoff, R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.12.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child, Preschool
Cognitive Psychology
Computer programs
Computers
Fixation, Ocular
Habituation
Humans
Infant
Infants
Psychology
Software
Preferential looking
Looking time
Looking-while-listening
Visual fixation
Infant
Software
Conditioned headturn
Headturn preference procedure
Habituation
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Summary:This manuscript introduces BITTSy, the B ehavioral I nfant & T oddler T esting Sy stem. 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.
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ISSN:1554-3528
1554-3528
DOI:10.3758/s13428-021-01583-9