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| Teaching | ERTS comes with many sample scripts for classic cognitive paradigms. Preparing experiments either by adapting existing scripts or by creating new paradigms does not require computer experts. All what you need to know is some moderate knowledge about DOS and how to use a text editor. But even experienced programmers do like ERTS because of the easy handling of graphics and the very effective way of defining paradigms. If you are interested in ready-to-use experiments for teaching purposes only, ERTSLab is our solution for you. |
| Research | ERTS is not only a teaching toy. High accuracy, ASCII raw-data output, individual session codings, support for command line batch mode, optional external response pads, two-monitor mode, and many more features make ERTS a reliable research tool. |
| Clinical Trials | The original goal of ERTS was to provide reliable software for designing and running cognitive test batteries in pharmaceutical drug studies. To be employed in those studies the key functions of ERTS had to be validated according to the EC-GCP (European rules for good clinical practice). Meanwhile ERTS has prooven to be a valuable platform for psychometric tests in many phase-I drug studies. |
| EEG, MEG, PED, fMRI | The ERP-version of ERTS has the ability of sending TTL-like signals via the data lines of the PC's parallel port for coding stimulus onsets and responses. These signals can be used to synchronize cognitive tasks with physiological data. For fMRI settings ERTS also supports the integration of external TTL-signals (e.g. ready-to-scan) for synchronizing trials. A TTL-counter which counts scan signals from MRI enables you to time trials and blocks in units of MRI scans. |
| Space and Aviation | Going to Mars tomorrow? Well, even if not, the pursuit and compensatory tracking tasks build into ERTS might make sense even in "on-ground" experiments. Using ERTS, an international cognitive test battery of the AGARD-group (Advisory Group of Aerospace Research & Development) has been implemented in form of ERTS-scripts. This ERTS version of the test battery has been used in three MIR-space missions to investigate cognitive and motoric performance in microgravity. |