naa a22 4500 51077718X CHVBK 20180411083234.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.3758/s13428-013-0322-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.3758/s13428-013-0322-5 PandaEPL: A library for programming spatial navigation experiments [Elektronische Daten] [Alec Solway, Jonathan Miller, Michael Kahana] Recent advances in neuroimaging and neural recording techniques have enabled researchers to make significant progress in understanding the neural mechanisms underlying human spatial navigation. Because these techniques generally require participants to remain stationary, computer-generated virtual environments are used. We introduce PandaEPL, a programming library for the Python language designed to simplify the creation of computer-controlled spatial-navigation experiments. PandaEPL is built on top of Panda3D, a modern open-source game engine. It allows users to construct three-dimensional environments that participants can navigate from a first-person perspective. Sound playback and recording and also joystick support are provided through the use of additional optional libraries. PandaEPL also handles many tasks common to all cognitive experiments, including managing configuration files, logging all internal and participant-generated events, and keeping track of the experiment state. We describe how PandaEPL compares with other software for building spatial-navigation experiments and walk the reader through the process of creating a fully functional experiment. Psychonomic Society, Inc., 2013 Experiment creation nationallicence Programming library nationallicence Spatial navigation nationallicence Virtual reality nationallicence Stimulus presentation nationallicence Solway Alec Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA aut Miller Jonathan Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut Kahana Michael University of Pennsylvania, 3401 Walnut St. Suite 303C, 19104, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut Behavior Research Methods Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 45/4(2013-12-01), 1293-1312 45:4<1293 2013 45 13428 https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-013-0322-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-013-0322-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Solway Alec Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Miller Jonathan Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kahana Michael University of Pennsylvania, 3401 Walnut St. Suite 303C, 19104, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Behavior Research Methods Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 45/4(2013-12-01), 1293-1312 45:4<1293 2013 45 13428 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer