SuperLab 6 is the stimulus presentation software for Mac OS X (10.7.2 or later) and Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP SP3. In development for almost five years, the new SuperLab 6 introduces a host of new features, including：
• Playing movies
• Stimulus lists
• Support for JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF files
• Built-in support for RSVP and self-paced reading
• Improved support for fMRI and EEG/ERP
• Trial variables
• Conditional branching (if/then/else)
• Multiple input devices in the same experiment
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Advantages |
| Stimulus Lists | Example: if you need to present 150 words or picture files, you can now create a stimulus list and then create a single event that uses that list, rather then create and edit 150 separate events. |
| Movies | QuickTime movies on the Mac, AVI and MPG movies in Windows Note: At this point, there is no guarantee that SuperLab 4.0 will achieve decent timing while a movie is playing. |
| Trial Variables | This feature allows you to vary several aspects of an experiment, e.g. vary the duration of a time limit for an event, or present a picture at one of 4 different positions picked at random or in order (instead of having to create 4 separate events). |
| Event Randomization | Previous versions allowed the randomizing of trials within an event. You can now randomize events within a trial as well. |
| String Input | Subjects can now type entire sentences instead of single keys |
| RSVP Support | Built-in support for Rapid Serial Visual Presentation paradigm |
| Self-Paced Reading Support | Built-in support for self-paced reading |
| Support for Key Release | A response can now be the release of a key rather than the pressing of a key |
| Support for Go/No-Go Experiments | A correct response can now be "None, the participant must not respond" |
| Support for Between Subject Designs | The new Participant Groups feature makes it easier to handle between subject designs. |
| Conditional Branching | You can now alter the path of an experiment |
| fMRI Support | Trials can now be presented at precise intervals |
| ERP/EEG Support | An experiment can now be paused instead of canceled, and special "events" can be triggered when the experiment starts, pauses, resumes, or ends. For example, this makes it possible to start and stop the recording of ERP data automatically. |
| Unicode Support | It is now as easy to develop experiments in Asian and other international languages as it is to do so in English |
