mbeyeler/uwtoolbox

UW Toolbox

This is a work in progress, more functions / folders will be added as they have been tested and are functional.

Kelly is currently in charge of organizing this toolbox, so email her if you have questions!

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tutorials

Collection HTML rendered tutorials for various implementations of toolbox scripts.

misc

optimization

plotting

stimulus (WIP)

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misc

nansem.m - Calculates the standard error of the mean while ignoring NaNs.

rmspace.m - Removes all whitespace in a string or a cell array.

timeLeftBar.m - Creates and displays a real time based wait bar (instead of progress based).

translateTime.m - Implements the Workman Translating Time Model to translate time across species

xls2struct.m - Reads Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and returns a structure with fields that were the headers of the data or creates headers for the data

• Example file: xls2structExample.xlsx

MiscDemo.m - raw misc folder tutorial script

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optimization

fit.m - Helpful interface to MATLAB's 'fminsearch' function. Performs a non-linear minimization algorithm.

fitcon.m - Helpful interface to MATLAB's 'fmincon' function. Performs a non-linear minimization algorithm within specified constrained boundaries. If problem does not require constraints, use fit.m for efficiency.

Support Function / Dependencies:

• fitFunction.m, params2var.m, params2varcon.m, var2params.m, str2vec.m

FitDemo.m - raw fit/fitcon tutorial script

• Dependencies: rosenbrock.m

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plotting

logx2raw.m - Converts X-axis labels from log to raw values. logy2raw.m - Converts Y-axis labels from log to raw values.

widen.m - Speads x-axis limits. Designed to pull extreme data points off of the horizontal axes.

subp.m - Breaks the Figure window into an m-by-n matrix of small axes, selects the p-th axes for the current plot with spacing padding around the axes, and returns the axes handle. A variant of MATLAB's subplot.m but with tighter spacing.

tile.m - Tiles MATLAB figures in the monitor in rows starting at the top-left.

PlotDemo.m - raw plotting tutorial script

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stimulus

OpenWindow.m - Calls the Psychtoolbox command Screen('OpenWindow') using a structure convention.

DrawFixation.m

• Draws a fixation point (smaller square inside a larger square) in the center of the screen.

angle2pix.m - Converts visual angles in degrees to pixels. pix2angle.m - Converts monitor pixels into degrees of visual angle.

sec2frame.m - Converts time in seconds to frames. frame2sec.m - Converts number of frames to time in seconds.

waitTill.m - Waits for a specified amount of time from a starting time. Returns the keys and reaction time pressed during the waiting period. wait4key.m - Waits for the any specified 'keys' to be pressed.

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Contributors

Creator: Geoffrey Boynton - @gboynton - [email protected]

Ione Fine - @ionefine - [email protected]

Kelly Chang - @kellychang4 - [email protected]