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The use of microcomputers in conditioning research is described and analyzed. The use of a finite state description of experimental procedures is advocated and the desirable characteristics for a real-time control language to define states and their transitions are discussed. Several programming languages are evaluated against these criteria. Various methods for interfacing microcomputers with the external environment for control and data acquisition in conditioning research also are discussed.
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Balsam, P.D., Deich, J., O’Connor, K. et al. Microcomputers and conditioning research. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 17, 537–545 (1985). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03207650
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