MouseTracker Version History

Version 2.18 - July 19, 2010

• Added distributional analysis tool for Analyzer (right-click on a condition pane), including customizable histogram for MD and AUC distributions, and computation of skewness, kurtosis, and bimodality
• Small usability improvements.

Version 2.17 - July 7, 2010

• Added ability to analyze/import manually recoded trajectories
• Added ability to export all trajectories in the Condition 1 or 2 pane to a CSV file in a vertical format that can be used to easily generate an Excel scatterplot of all trajectories
• Can import trajectories from .MT files with varying number of total trials and varying conditions
• Fixed bugs

Version 2.16 - June 14, 2010

• Fixed manual exclusion 'Save' function
• Added ability to exclude individual trajectories from selected tracks list
• Added ability to manually assign selected trajectories to new condition code

Version 2.15 - May 20, 2010

• Added in-program 'Update MouseTracker' software updating system.
• Fixed error #13 'Type mismatch' issues for importing trajectories with missing information
• Original condition codes are now available in Selected trajectory window and output .CSV file.
• Fixed other minor bugs

Version 2.14 - May 15, 2010

• Added checkboxes for file list in Analyzer for easy inclusion/exclusion of subjects
• Added 'Data' button above x, y time-courses and velocity and acceleration profiles in Analyzer, which displays actual mean data in grid format
• Fixed 'Subscript out of range' error when loading a new folder
• Export .CSV files no longer include '0' condition trials
• Fixed issue with mean MD and AUC values = 0 for conditions involving only 1 trial
• Fixed other minor bugs

Version 2.13 - May 7, 2010

• Fixed erroneous MD and AUC reporting for incorrect responses in trial-by-trial output CSV file
• Fixed errors during 'Compute' when subjects have zero trajectories in a condition
• Fixed other minor bugs

Version 2.12 - April 21, 2010

• Unique feedback messages may now be specified for each response alternative
• Number of incorrect responses are now listed in export .CSV file under mean trajectory data
• Fixed bugs

Version 2.11 - April 4, 2010

• Minimum/maximum sizes of x-flips and y-flips can now be specified
• Respshowafter freeze bug fixed
• Fixed bugs

Version 2.1 - March 11, 2010

• Added 90-degree rotation ability for remapping
• More comprehensive remapping procedures for complex experiment designs
• Fixed remapping issues and several bugs when conducting raw-time analyses.
• Added ability to wait for a participant to hit the Enter key in order to continue a compound trial's sequence (e.g., self-paced designs)
• Quicker trajectory importing
• Trajectory pane selection rectangle can now be dragged leftward and upward (rather than just rightward and downward)
• "Load Folder" function now starts by default at the currently loaded folder
• Fixed other minor bugs

Version 2.02 - March 4, 2010

• Fixed "Path/File Access" error at end of experiments run on Windows limited-user accounts
• Added experiment abort key for Runner (F12)
• Fixed maximum deviation (MD) calculation
• Fixed other minor bugs

Version 2.01 - February 7, 2010

• Fixed response error hovering bug
• Fixed stimulus vertical centering (stimvcenter) bug
• Fixed response with "$" bug
• Fixed other minor bugs

Version 2.0 - January 23, 2010  (MAJOR CHANGES)

• Can now design experiments with unlimited number of response alternatives
• Response alternatives, "Start" button, and stimuli may be placed anywhere on the screen
• New Designer program for graphics-based assistance in setting up layout of experiments
• Much more flexibility in Analyzer (e.g., can decide which responses to allow and how to remap trajectories)
• Time-normalization can now be done with a user-defined number of time steps (not just 101)
• A y-flips measure is now computed (complexity along the y-axis)

Version 1.16 - January 10, 2010

• Fixed bug when hitting Export-to-CSV in a raw-time analysis
• Fixed error in help documentation about computing maximum deviation

Version 1.15 - December 11, 2009

• No more license screen when Runner starts
• Fixed bug in between-subjects analysis
• You can now set what happens at the end of an experiment (e.g., debriefing screen, run a link)
• The cursor can be automatically relocated to the Start button after a response is made

Version 1.14 - November 29, 2009

• Support for Windows versions outside the United States (decimal separator compatibility issue)
• Faster Export-to-.CSV process
• Fixed bugs
• Small usability enhancements

Version 1.13 - October 16, 2009

• Between subjects analysis feature
• Fixed bugs

Version 1.12 - October 2, 2009

• Dragging feature added where image stimuli can now be dragged across the screen into a response
• Better error reporting in the Runner program
• Velocity/acceleration can be computed using x,y-coordinates or just x-coordinates
• Response text can incorporate line breaks
• Small bugs fixed

Version 1.11 - September 17, 2009

• Added feature allowing blocks of trials to be presented in random order
• Added feature allowing "random-pick" trials where one of several alternatives is randomly selected on a given trial (with or without replacement)
• Bug fix: response button background color
• Several other bug fixes

Version 1.1 - September 8, 2009

• Expanded ability to analyze trajectories in raw time (rather than normalized time)
• Added features of generating velocity and acceleration profiles
• Trajectory colors made to be customizable
• Trajectory selection tool improvements
• Presentation timing of image stimuli improved
• Several other bug fixes

Version 1.0 - June 3, 2009

• First release