Whisker is a research control system developed within the University of Cambridge, UK, and marketed by Campden Instruments Ltd (UK) and the Lafayette Instrument Company (USA). It is implemented as a server that controls a range of physical devices (including digital switches for input and output devices such as levers and pellet dispensers, multiple monitors, sound cards, and touchscreens).[1] The server communicates with clients via a TCP/IP network link and manages resources for them.[1] Typically, individual clients are programs that implement tasks used in behavioural research (e.g. psychology and neuroscience),[2] such as tasks involving operant chambers.[1]
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 WhiskerServer running on Microsoft Windows | |
| Developer(s) | Rudolf Cardinal, Mike Aitken, Cambridge Enterprise Ltd |
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| Initial release | 2000 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Research control |
| License | Proprietary with source available to users |
| Website | www.whiskercontrol.com |
References
edit- ^ a b c Cardinal, Rudolf; Aitken, Michael (2010). "Whisker: a client-server high-performance multimedia research control system". Behavior Research Methods. 42 (4): 1059–1071. doi:10.3758/BRM.42.4.1059. PMID 21139173.
- ^ Mar, Adam; Walker, Alice; Theobald, David; Eagle, Dawn; Robbins, Trevor (2011). "Dissociable effects of lesions to orbitofrontal cortex subregions on impulsive choice in the rat". The Journal of Neuroscience. 31 (17): 6398–6404. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6620-10.2011. PMC 3183455. PMID 21525280.