Ct. Kello et Ah. Kawamoto, RUNWORD - AN IBM-PC SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR THE COLLECTION AND ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF SPEEDED NAMING RESPONSES, Behavior research methods, instruments, & computers, 30(3), 1998, pp. 371-383
Researchers generally collect two dependent measures from most types o
f speeded responses: reaction time and error proportion. Recently, exp
erimenters have tested lexical theories using alternative empirical me
asures, such as response force in decision tasks and response duration
in naming tasks. We offer a set of software tools that expands the ba
ttery of dependent measures normally available to naming experimenters
to include various duration and intensity measures of digitized voice
recordings. This article explains the functionality, programming logi
c, and theoretical motivation behind each measure, as well as the soft
ware to support digitized naming experiments. The software runs in DOS
on IBM-PC-compatible hardware with SoundBlaster 16-bit sound cards, a
nd it takes advantage of the decreasing costs of hard-drive space and
digital sound cards.