KyberVision is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Psykinematix 1.0 Release Candidate 1.
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System Requirements

Minimum: Mac OS X 10.4, G4 800Mhz, 32MB VRAM.
Recommended: Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5, Intel Core 1.6Ghz or better, 128MB VRAM or better.

Release Notes

Minor updates available through the built-in updater may fix some issues you have.

Version 1.0 RC4   Released: August 4th, 2008

New Features:

  • Addition of "Automatic" or "Self-Paced" option for triggering next trial through Keyboard or Mouse in Experiment Control Settings,

Feature Improvements:

  • Addition of submenus in Category popup menu in Designer panel, so the user knows what events each category provides,

Fixed:

  • Fix a problem with Stimulus Selection not always correctly reported in Results,
  • Fix a problem with Discrimination being limited to 3 decisions instead of the specified number (DiscN),
  • Fix highlighting of multiple parameters in Expression functions for Custom Stimuli,
  • Fix a problem with sound feedback not working correctly on some systems,
  • Proper reset of Control Settings in Palette when generating an experiment using the Wizard,
  • Fix crash that occurred with invalid or undefined keyboard inputs,

Version 1.0 RC3   Released: June 12th, 2008

New Features:

  • Support for vectorial to scalar functions (min, max, mean, sum) in Custom Stimuli Expressions,
  • Support for 9.6 or 10.8 bits monochromatic modes through Bit-Stealing,
  • Addition of Time-Limited Response and "Ends stimulus/trial" options in Trial Properties of Procedure panel,

Feature Improvements:

  • Support for Middle Mouse button (3rd button, eg: wheel button),
  • More information about display settings (resolution, calibration, screen) for the current session shown in the Experiment log,
  • Better Gamma correction for LCD displays that show a saturating transfer function (through rejection of saturating luminance readings),
  • Addition of more options for Multimedia Selection (Sequential, Random w/o repeat, Random & reshuffle),
  • Addition of [SELECTION] system-variable and "Selection" columns in the Trials section of the data table for the first level of the session results (to report stimulus selection in Multimedia),
  • Most recent "Stimuli, experiments and tutorials Examples" now automatically loaded in Storage area,

User interface improvements:

  • Addition of a Visual Indicator indicating the Geometry/Gamma/Color Calibration is in progress,
  • Valid variables highlighted in blue and invalid strings highlighted in red in Custom Stimulus Expressions,
  • Direction for radial and angular motion in RDK stimuli now specified through a popup menu (Inward/Outward, Clockwise/Anticlockwise),

Fixed:

  • Registration information correctly set in "About" box,
  • Quadrant shift now correctly applied when performing a 2D convolution in Fourier space (through conv function),
  • Display size now properly updated in Display Preferences when display index changes,
  • Fix a crash that occurred when Timeline event is a part of a Conditional or Association event,
  • ISI parameter in Trial properties of Procedure panel now correctly saved and retrieved,
  • Fix a crash that occurred when aborting the experiment during the very first trial,
  • Direction textfield and slider for uniform motion now correctly synchronized in RDK panel,
  • Fix complaint about session with similar index when changing the location of the Data folder,
  • Fix registration bug when clicking twice the Activation/Deactivation button,
  • Notes for previously run session not anymore overwritten by subsequent sessions,
  • Mapping of keys 1-9 from keypad now corrected,
  • NetStation Events Stream properties in Control palette not anymore reset when inspecting stimulus properties,

Version 1.0 RC2   Released: May 1st, 2008

New Features:

  • Support for comparison ( < > ≤ ≥ ≈ ≠ ) and logical ( & | ) operators in Expressions,
  • Statistics on frames duration and skipped frames now reported in the Experiment log drawer,
  • Addition of a checkbox in Onset settings to prevent the standard fixation mark to be displayed, for example when instructions are displayed,
  • Size of polygon shape stimuli can now be specified either as radius (center-to-corner) or side size,
  • Preview exporting supported in Static Composing (copy & image),

Feature Improvements:

  • Selection of Achromatic mode in Experiment Display Settings enforces now an achromatic conversion (R+G+B)/3 at rendering time,
  • Support for variable/expression-based position coordinates in Multimedia,
  • Both response (Hit, Miss) and subject's input (key/button naming) are now provided for each trial in the Trials section of the data table for the first level of the session results,
  • Condition and variables can now be easily duplicated in Conditions method by pressing the Control key and clicking on the '+' button,
  • Support for Conditional and Association composing in Timeline,
  • Support for both contrast (low/high) and luminance (dark/light) modes in RDK and MEF Stimuli,

User interface improvements:

  • Newly created events inside a group event are now automatically shown and selected,
  • Category created events inside a group event are now automatically shown and selected,
  • Calibration warning in Experiment display settings acts now as a button to reset the display settings,

Fixed:

  • Calibration uses now the resolution specified by the popup menu selection rather than the default one set in the Display Prefs,
  • Chromatic tri-stimulus values can be properly specified using variables and expressions,
  • Common properties correctly reset with default values when creating new stimulus,
  • Age of newly added subjects correctly initialized with default month.year birth date,
  • Title in Category column is now more clearly visible when selected,
  • Preview with contrast now correctly rendered when background color is not gray,
  • Combination of multiple criteria for decision made in Discrimination and Yes/No procedures now correctly evaluated,
  • Decision criteria in Discrimination and Yes/No procedures now correctly reset and initialized,
  • Chromatic Mode and Color Space set in Defaults Preferences are now kept consistent with each other,
  • Size parameter in Custom Stimuli can now be used in expressions.

Documentation:

  • Included tutorials also available online,
  • Tutorial entitled "Creating Filtered Noise Stimuli" added.

Version 1.0 RC1   Released: February 21, 2008

Release Candidate 1