Our facilities
Our facilities include state-of-the-art software and hardware, as well as two discreet research areas which can accommodate up to 30 participants.
Hardware
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In addition to the hardware mentioned below, each room is fitted with:
- a WXGA overhead projector
- a custom-built system providing a 360-degree room view
- eight Dell High Spec Precision Tower workstations and 30 Dell Latitude laptops
Tobii eye trackers
Tobii TX300 eye tracker (6)
Collects gaze data at 300 Hz, yet allows large head movements. System is designed for studies that require a higher sampling rate; e.g. the need to study eye movements such as saccades, correction saccades, fixations, pupil size changes and blinks. The unique combination of a higher sampling rate and large head movement box benefits eye tracking studies where freedom of movement is important, including behavioural research or eye movement research involving children. Fields of use are:
- Neuroscience studies (e.g. studies combining eye tracking and EEG data)
- Ophthalmology studies
- Reading studies
- Psychology research (e.g. developmental psychology and psycholinguistics studies)
- Gaze-contingent paradigms due to a latency of 10 msec.
Screen-based Tobii T120 eye trackers (2)
Are integrated in a 17-inch TFT monitor and designed for all types of eye tracking studies where the stimuli can be presented on the monitor and enables you to conduct on-screen eye tracking studies for a wide variety of research purposes. The system is easily set u, runs on most Windows computers and has accurate 120 Hz eye tracking that delivers reliable results in a natural testing environment. Range of studies include:
- Psychology studies, using images or movies as stimuli
- Linguistic studies
- Web and software usability studies
- Online marketing studies
- Pretesting of print ads and mail-outs
- Human-computer interaction research
- Eye-based computer interaction
Tobii Portable Glasses (3)
For research in real-world environments. They are unobtrusive and efficient for capturing natural behaviour in both qualitative and quantitative real-world research. This system includes a pair of eye-tracking glasses, a recording assistant and optionally, infrared (IR) markers for automated generation of aggregated eye tracking data from several test subjects. They are a discreet, ultra-lightweight design that ensures natural behaviour and research validity. Accurate data and robust eye tracking capabilities can be relied on in uncontrolled situations and real-world environments. Automated data mapping and aggregation (requiring IR markers), along with system-guided procedures, promote process efficiency. Suitable for use in areas such as:
- In-store shopper research e.g. in studies of package design, shelf placement, pop promotion, and store planning
- Out-of-home and TV advertising
- Social interaction research and group dynamics
- Sports research
- Driving/vehicle research
- Training and evaluation
STIMTracker by Cedrus (6)
Your EEG or eye tracker data is vastly more useful if it includes markers that tell you precisely when certain events occurred. The onset of events detected autonomously by STIMTracker, allowing it to avoid delays incurred by operating systems and produce accurate markers, except for codes sent via USB.
Onset of Visual Stimuli
Use the included fast light sensors to avoid operating system delays and detect onset of visual stimuli with precision.
Onset of Participant Response
Plug a PC-compatible microphone
Onset of Vocal Response
Plug a PC-compatible microphone
Onset of Auditory Stimuli
Simply pass the audio output via STIMTracker, set the threshold, and let it do the rest
Event Codes via USB
Send event codes from your stimulus presentation computer for added information
Noldus FaceReader
FaceReader is the complete facial expression analysis software. It's the world's first tool capable of automatically analysing facial expressions, providing users with an objective assessment of a person's emotion.
The lab features eight booths that allow the recording of up to eight individuals at the same time. This video input can then be run through the Noldus FaceReader software for fast emotional readings data. Each booth feature an internet connected PC to allow the participant to be subjected to input from the researcher.
Shimmer (8 PPG and 8 GSR + 8ECG devices)
Shimmer is designed for wearable and remote sensing applications. It's designed to be highly flexible and adaptable, easily integrating into existing systems and technologies.
Shimmer is frequently used in activity monitoring, sport science, and intelligent building applications. It's currently used in some of the following areas:
- human health monitoring
- activities of daily living
- connected health solutions
- sports science
- structural monitoring
- intelligent buildings
- environmental and habitat monitoring
- emotional response monitoring
EEG Headset DSI-7 (5) (dry devices)
Is a research grade wireless EEG headset designed for ultra-rapid applications of six sensors at locations corresponding to the 10-20 International System. Its main features include:
- Self-donned and ready to record EEG in under 1 minute
- Comfortable for waring continuously over 8 hours
- Portable design suitable for light ambulation in office or lab environment
- Six sensors positioned at choice of Fz, F3, F4, C3, C4, Pz, P3, P4 locations of the 10-20 International System
- Continuous impedance monitoring
- Bluetooth wireless transmission with sampling at 300Hz
- Rechargeable Li-ion batteries allow continuous operation
- 4-bit digital trigger input
- Adjustable to fit a wide range of head size
Applications
The DSI-7’s practicality, portability, and high signal quality opens the door to taking numerous applications that require rapid and non-intrusive EEG recording. Such applications include:
- Neurofeedback
- NeuroErgonomics
- NeuroEconomics/NeuroMarketing
- NeuroEducation
- Augmented Cognition
- Brain Computer Interfaces
- Biometrics
- Cognitive Stress or Workload Monitoring
- Psychological Research
- Sports Peak Performance Training
EEG Headset DSI-24 (dry device)
Is a research grade wireless EEG headset designed for rapid application of 21 sensors at locations corresponding to the 10-20 International System.
Main features include:
- Self-donned and ready to record EEG in under 5 minutes
- Comfortable for wearing continuously over 8 hours
- Portable design suitable for light ambulation in office or lab environment
- 21 sensors positioned according to the 10-20 International System
- Continuous impedance monitoring
- Blue Tooth wireless transmission with sampling at 300Hz
- Hot-swappable Li-ion batteries allow continuous operation
- 8-bit digital trigger input
- Adjustable to fit a wide range of head sizes (54-62cm in circumference)
Applications
The DSI-24’s practicality, portability and high signal quality opens the door to taking numerous applications that were previously limited to lab environments to more naturalistic settings. Such applications include:
- Neurofeedback
- NeuroErgonomics
- NeuroEconomics/NeuroMarketing
- NeuroEducation
- Augmented Cognition
- Brain Computer Interfaces
- Biometrics
- Cognitive Stress or Workload Monitoring
- Psychological Research
- Sports Peak Performance Training
EEG cap – 64 channel - eego sports pro (wet device)
Is a research grade wired and wireless EEG cap and amplifier system designed for rapid application of 64 EEG sensors at locations corresponding to the extended 10/20 system. An additional 24 bipolar sensors can be used with the system, including simultaneous EMG, EOG, respiration, temperature, skin conductance, and acceleration measures.
Main features include:
- Online live EEG and EMG
- Plug & play system with quick set-up times
- High-density recordings with ultra-high signal range
- Available in 4 configurations for recordings of up to 64 referential channels
- Extended pro configurations include EMG and physiological sensors
- Acquisition of up to 24 bipolar channels
- Physiological sensors for respiration, temperature, skin conductance and acceleration
- Artefact protection with the active shielding technology
- Programmable gain
- Wireless remote control of the complete recording
- User-selectable sampling rate up to 2048 Hz
- 8-bit trigger input for ERP studies and synchronization with external devices
- Compatible with the real-time API for seamless integration with mind-machine interfaces
- Secure data storage, even when out of WiFi range
- Archive server solution for safe storage, data backup and external media
- Synchronized video recording
- The eego amplifier is a CE Class IIa medical device
Applications:
The eego sports pro’s practicality, portability, and high signal quality opens the door to taking numerous applications that require rapid and non-intrusive EEG recording. Such applications include:
- Source localisation analysis compatible
- Neurofeedback
- NeuroErgonomics
- NeuroEconomics/NeuroMarketing
- NeuroEducation
- Augmented Cognition
- Brain Computer Interfaces
- Biometrics
- Cognitive Stress or Workload Monitoring
- Psychological Research
- Sports Peak Performance Training
Zephyr BioHarness (3) + Zephyr BioPatch HP Monitoring device (3)
Is a wearable technology that provides a combination of compactness and comfort whilst recording physiological and biomechanical data. It is a customised solution for virtually any type of environment.
Serial Response Boxes (7)
The Serial Response Box features a 0 millisecond debounce period which cannot be achieved from a standard keyboard. The response is time stamped and the signal verified for accuracy. The Serial Response box connects directly to the PC via the serial port and no additional hardware is required.
Obsidian Go 360 degree camera
The Obsidian Go is professional, portable 360 degree camera for use of capturing 8k images and 4k videos of selected environments. The camera is particularly useful to use during focus group data collection, and can be used to record virtual reality environments.
Software
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Below you will find a list of our software applications, which are available in our labs.
Noldus FaceReader
Facereader automatically analyses the six basic facial expressions, as well as neutral and contempt. It also provides gaze direction, head orientation and person characteristics. The project analysis module can be used for advanced analysis and reporting: you quickly gain insight into the effects of different stimuli. Detailed analysis of action units is also available.
Noldus Observer XT software
The Observer XT supports the entire workflow of your project, from setting up to gathering and analysing the observational data.
Tobii Enterprise Edition
Tobii Studio and Tobii Pro Lab allow you to design your eye tracking test, run test sessions, observe sessions remotely, replay and visualise the results, and calculate statistics – all in a single solution.
- Design: intuitive tools for test design and stimuli presentation enable you to easily create eye tracking tests and experiments
- Record: integrated recording of eye tracking data and a wide range of other data provides a holistic view of behaviour in real time
- Replay: replay of eye tracking sessions and event logging enable in-depth qualitative analysis
- Visualisation: graphical visualisations, such as heat maps and gaze plots, make your eye tracking data understandable and provide a powerful tool for qualitative analysis and presentation.
QStates data analysis software
QStates is a software package that uses quantitative EEG and heart rate variability data for assessment of cognitive and physiological stat. This learning algorithm first calculates several thousand spectral EEG features. hen a Partial Least Squares algorithm uses the most salient of these features as inputs for setting weights of cognitive models based on the data collection during calibration runs of defined tasks (e.g. Easy vs. Hard Tasks or Happy vs. Sad Tasks)
Inquisit 6 Web and Departmental Licences
Inquisit enables computer-based psychological testing and experimentation on local computers and remotely over the web. The Web license enables account main users to appoint co-researchers/research assistants as sub-users.
E-Prime 3
E-Prime is a suite of applications to fulfil all of your computerised experiment needs. Used by more than 15,000 professionals in the research community, it provides a truly easy-to-use environment for computerised experiment design, data collection, and analysis. E-Prime provides millisecond precision timing to ensure the accuracy of your data. E-Prime’s flexibility to create simple to complex experiments is ideal for both novice and advanced users.
MediaLab
With MediaLab, participants can be administered different stimuli and different dependent measures and in different orders depending on the experimental condition. MediaLab allows for a wide variety of input including multiple choice responses, fill-in-the-blanks, essay-type open ended responses, thought and recall listings, and even ratings of one's own open-ended responses.
DirectRT
Direct RT is an experiment designer that allows for the collection of reaction time, and correct and incorrect responses from participants using image stimuli. You will be able to obtain keyboard, mice, joystick responses, microphones and external hardware. Present sound, video, images and text with exacting precision.
Tobii Glass recorder
This software records eye tracking data for analysing how people interact with their environment, what catches their attention, drives their behavior, and influences decision making.
Kandao studio
Kandao Studio 'stitches' together the videos you recorded from the 6 lenses of the obsidian 360 degree camera.
Consensys
Consensys allows for the collection of galvanic skin response (i.e., sweating/stress) along with heart rate data using PPG, or otherwise ECG heart rate data. That said, it also can collect information on acceleration and deceleration, as well as tilt, pressure and temperature, etc. You are required to configure the device to record what you are interested in collecting, but you cannot collect every measure together at the same time.
DSI streamer
Needing to be copied onto the computers that you want to use it on, the DSI streamer enables you to setup and record raw EEG from the DSI systems. Generally, this software can be used with any experiment building software, if the stimuli is edited in the specific way. Otherwise, you will likely need to use either E-prime, psychopy, or MATLAB to present the tasks.
eego recording software
The eego recording software enables you to setup and record raw EEG from the ANT system. Generally, this software can be used with any experiment building software, if the stimuli is edited in the specific way. Otherwise, you will likely need to use either E-prime, psychopy, or MATLAB to present the tasks.
Brain Vision Analyser 2
Brain Vision Analyzer 2 is software designed to prepare and then analyse EEG data.
LORETA
LORETA is software designed to analyse EEG data, specifically source localisation. You should use this software if you were interested in performing source localisation analysis with frequency data, performing the more advanced source localisation algorithms such as connectivity, or you didn't want to use source localisation in Brain Vision Analyzer 2.
Psychopy
Psychopy is a freely downloadable, moderate to, depending on what you want to acquire, advanced difficulty experiment builder. Psychopy can use images, audio, and videos. Psychopy can be used to collect responses, reaction time, eye-tracking, ECG, and PPG/GSR. The most basic way to use Psychopy is using the User Graphics Interface, where you can read from excel spreadsheets to enable more complex presentation of stimuli like randomisation. Psychopy can be used in tandem with EEG recording too. Do not assume that any version of psychopy is compatible with any others.
Psychtoolbox (MATLAB)
MATLAB, with the psychtoolbox extension installed, is an advanced difficulty experiment builder. MATLAB can use images, audio, and videos. MATLAB can be used to collect responses, reaction time, eye-tracking, ECG, and PPG/GSR. It can be used in tandem with EEG recordings too.
Laboratories
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Lab A S133
Features of Lab A include:
- Flexible seating for up to 16 participants; desks can be arranged in any practical configuration required. The desk sides can be raised/lowered for added flexibility.
- Six Tobii eye tracking machines TX300 + 2 T120 eye tracking machines
- Eight isolation booths (with computers)
- Overhead projection allows central viewing of webpages and videos
- Internet connectivity on all computers
- Two-way glass for discreet observation from the control room
Lab A S133A
Used to be known as the control room, this lab includes a High Precision Analysis Computer and a Low Precision Analysis Computer for Big Data analysis. Researchers can book these computers separately from the main Lab.
Lab B S136
Features of Lab B include:
- Flexible seating for up to 14 participants; desks can be arranged in any practical configuration required. The desk sides can be raised/lowered for added flexibility.
- Overhead projection allows central viewing of webpages and videos
- Internet connectivity on all computers
- Reception annex
- Two-way glass for discreet observation from the control room

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Want to use the Behavioural Lab for your research? Find out more about room availability and booking a session.

Borrow equipment
Researchers can loan laptops and professional equipment such as eye tracking, GSR/EDA, EEG devices.