Psykinematix is a new OpenGL-based Software Package dedicated to Visual Psychophysics running on Mac OSX. It consists in a unique stand-alone application that does not require any programming skill to create and run complex experiments.

Easy to use, subject-friendly, powerful and reliable, Psykinematix runs standard psychophysical protocols, presents complex stimuli, collects subject's responses, and analyzes results on the fly. Psykinematix is also a great learning tool to introduce visual perception and to illustrate psychophysical concepts to students.

To learn more about the use of Psykinematix in clinical research, check our VSJ 2009 paper: "Psykinematix: A New Psychophysical Tool for Investigating Visual Impairment due to Neural Dysfunctions".

Version 1.1 of Psykinematix is available, which features:


What are the hardware and software requirements ?

Psykinematix runs on any Macintosh computer released since 2002 supporting MacOS X 10.4 (Tiger) and with at least 32MB of video memory, 512MB RAM, and a 800 Mhz processor. Psykinematix is provided as a Universal Binary so it runs natively on both PowerPC-powered and newly released Intel-powered Macintosh computers.

Recommended System Requirements:
Software: Latest Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5 or Mac OS X 10.6, QuickTime 7 or Quicktime X

Hardware:
  • PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Core processor >1.5 GHz
  • 1 GB of RAM, 5 GB of free hard-disk space on system partition
  • ATI Radeon, NVIDIA GeForce, or Intel GMA video chip with 64MB
Psykinematix has been successfully tested on the following systems:
  • iMac G4 FP 800Mhz, 1GB RAM, GeForce2 MX 32MB
  • iBook G4 1Ghz, 640MB RAM, ATI Radeon 9200 32MB
  • iMac G4 FP 1.25Ghz, 768MB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 64MB
  • PowerMac G4 1.25Ghz, 1.5GB RAM, GeForce4 Ti 4600 128MB
  • MacMini G4 1.42Ghz, 512MB RAM, ATI Radeon 9200 32MB
  • MacMini Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66 GHz, 1GB RAM, Intel GMA 950 64MB NEW!
  • PowerBook G4 1.67Ghz, 1GB RAM, ATI Radeon 9700 128MB
  • MacMini Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, 1GB RAM, Intel GMA 950 64MB
  • PowerMac G5 2.0GHz, 1GB RAM, ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 64MB NEW!
  • MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz, 2GB RAM, ATI Radeon X1600 256MB
  • iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz, 2GB RAM, ATI Radeon X1600 256MB
  • MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, 2GB RAM, GeForce 8600M GT 256MB
  • MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz, 4GB RAM, GeForce 8600M GT 512MB NEW!
  • MacPro Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2x2.8 GHz, 2GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 2600 256 MB
  • MacPro Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2x2.8 GHz, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB
  • MacPro Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2x3.0 GHz, 4GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB NEW!

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