WhiskerControl

Whisker is a research control system developed within the University of Cambridge, UK, and marketed by Campden Instruments Ltd (UK) and the Lafayette Instrument Company (USA). It is implemented as a server that controls a range of physical devices (including digital switches for input and output devices such as levers and pellet dispensers, multiple monitors, sound cards, and touchscreens).^[1] The server communicates with clients via a TCP/IP network link and manages resources for them.^[1] Typically, individual clients are programs that implement tasks used in behavioural research (e.g. psychology and neuroscience),^[2] such as tasks involving operant chambers.^[1]

Whisker Control

WhiskerServer running on Microsoft Windows
Developer(s)	Rudolf Cardinal, Mike Aitken, Cambridge Enterprise Ltd
Initial release	2000
Written in	C++
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Available in	English
Type	Research control
License	Proprietary with source available to users
Website	www.whiskercontrol.com

References

1. Cardinal, Rudolf; Aitken, Michael (2010). "Whisker: a client-server high-performance multimedia research control system". Behavior Research Methods. 42 (4): 1059–1071. doi:10.3758/BRM.42.4.1059. PMID 21139173.
2. Mar, Adam; Walker, Alice; Theobald, David; Eagle, Dawn; Robbins, Trevor (2011). "Dissociable effects of lesions to orbitofrontal cortex subregions on impulsive choice in the rat". The Journal of Neuroscience. 31 (17): 6398–6404. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6620-10.2011. PMC 3183455. PMID 21525280.