MATLAB for Psychologists

Mauro Borgo received his B.A. and his Ph.D. in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineer in 1999 and in 2003 respectively, both from the University of Padova, Italy.  His interests are in signal and data processing for wireless communication. He adapted his competences of signal processing to the multi-sensor/actuators cells systems. He has an international patent on “Multi site- Single CellElectroporation”. He was a lecturer in “Electrical communication” and in “Matlab” at the University of Padova(Italy).Alessandro Soranzo received his B.A. in Experimental Psychology in 1999 and his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology in 2004, both from the University of Trieste, Italy. He also did a Post-doc in Vision Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University (Glasgow, UK). He is senior lecturer in Cognitive Psychology at Teesside University in Middlesbrough (UK). His research interests are in colour perception and psychophysical methods.Massimo Grassi received his B.A. in Experimental Psychology in 1997 and his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology in 2003, both from the University of Padova (Italy). He has also been a Visiting Scientist at University of Sussex (UK). He is lecturer in Sensation and Perception at University of Padova (Italy). His research interests are in sound perception, crossmodal perception, and psychophysical methods.

From the book reviews: "The reviewed book is written to help newcomers in using MATLAB for research in experimental psychology, including others. ... Different experiment scripts are presented in the book to enhance readers' ability to write MATLAB scripts of their own. Each chapter lists explanation tables, functions declaration, and aspects of different declaration values." (Adriana Hornikova, Technometrics, Vol. 55 (2), May, 2013) "The authors have produced a tutorial-like handbook that might be suitable for lab use in courses where students may have no previous programming experience. It is organized into ten easy-to-read chapters. ... The book is clearly written ... . This book includes some interesting examples from psychology research, which might also be useful in courses for nonpsychologists. ... In summary, this book is a pragmatic hands-on tutorial on MATLAB that might be useful to scientists ... including most psychologists and social scientists." (Fernando Berzal, ACM Computing Reviews, December, 2012)

• Chapter 1. Basic operations.- Chapter 2. Data Handling.- Chapter 3. Plotting Data.- Chapter 4. Start Programming.- Chapter 5. A Better Sound.- Chapter 6. Create and Process Images.- Chapter 7. Data Analysis.- Chapter 8. The Charm of Graphical User Interface.- Chapter 9. The PsychToolbox: Video.- Chapter 10. PsychToolBox: Sound, Keyboards and Mouse.