About PsychoPy¶

Citing PsychoPy¶

If you use this software, please cite one of the publications that describe it.

• Peirce, J. W., & MacAskill, M. R. (2018). Building Experiments in PsychoPy. London: Sage.
• Peirce J. W. (2009). Generating stimuli for neuroscience using PsychoPy. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2 (10), 1-8. doi:10.3389/neuro.11.010.2008
• Peirce, J. W. (2007). PsychoPy - Psychophysics software in Python. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 162 (1-2):8-13 doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.11.017

Citing these papers gives the reviewer/reader of your study information about how the system works and it attributes some credit for its original creation. Academic assessment (whether for promotion or even getting appointed to a job in the first place) prioritises publications over making useful tools for others. Citations provide a way for the developers to justify their continued involvement in the development of the package.