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The musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) offers a way for perception and behavior researchers to implement high-quality experiments using inexpensive, commercially available hardware and software. We describe the MIDI and illustrate its applicability to research using a replication of the oscillator signature finding reported recently by Collyer, Broadbent, and Church (1992, 1994).
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The authors thank James A. Kralicky, Arthur A. Little, Neil Massey, Scott Miller, and Dana Scott Mills for their help in conducting the replication study, and especially Russell M. Church and Jonathon Crystal for valuable discussions relating to this article.
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Collyer, C.E., Boatright-horowitz, S.S. & Hooper, S. A motor timing experiment implemented using a musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) approach. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 29, 346–352 (1997). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03200586
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