@article{discovery10101485, journal = {eNeuro}, title = {Rigbox: An Open-Source Toolbox for Probing Neurons and Behavior}, year = {2020}, month = {June}, note = {Copyright {\copyright} 2020 Bhagat et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.}, author = {Bhagat, J and Wells, MJ and Harris, KD and Carandini, M and Burgess, CP}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0406-19.2020}, abstract = {Setting up an experiment in behavioral neuroscience is a complex process that is often managed with ad hoc solutions. To streamline this process we developed Rigbox, a high-performance, open-source software toolbox that facilitates a modular approach to designing experiments (github.com/cortex-lab/Rigbox). Rigbox simplifies hardware I/O, time-aligns datastreams from multiple sources, communicates with remote databases, and implements visual and auditory stimuli presentation. Its main submodule, Signals, allows intuitive programming of behavioral tasks. Here we illustrate its function with two interactive examples: a human psychophysics experiment, and the game of Pong. We give an overview of running experiments in Rigbox, provide benchmarks, and conclude with a discussion on the extensibility of the software and comparisons with similar toolboxes. Rigbox runs in MATLAB, with Java components to handle network communication, and a C library to boost performance.}, keywords = {behaviora, contro, experimenta, softwar, toolbo} }