Python for Experimental Psychologists, 2024
This book is an introduction to the programming language Python. It starts from the very beginning, and its chapters teach you how to code psychological experiments, and the type of analyses and data visualisations that are typical in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience. The book features both visual and auditory stimuli, and responses using mouse, keyboard, joystick, and eye tracking. The introduced libraries are PsychoPy and PyGaze (for experiments), NumPy and SciPy (for analysis), and Matplotlib (for visualisation).
New in this edition are Python 3 support, three chapters on PsychoPy written by Dr Rebecca Hirst and Prof Jon Peirce (of the PsychoPy team!), a new chapter on statistics, and general writing improvements throughout.
- Dalmaijer, E.S., Hirst, R.J, & Peirce, J.W. (2024). Python for Experimental Psychologists. Oxford, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Group. Preview and buy it here!
Oxford Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
This book, edited by Dr Kathrin Cohen Kadosh, is an ideal overview for anyone with an interest in the cognitive neuroscience of child development. It features a chapter on magnetoencephaloraphy (MEG) in children:
- Dalmaijer, E.S., Anwyl-Irvine, A.L., Bignardi, G., Hauk, O., & Astle, D.E. (2021). Magnetoencephalography and developmental cognitive neuroscience. In: K. Cohen Kadosh (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827474.013.5
Python for Experimental Psychologists, 2016
This is the first edition of Python for Experimental Psychologists (see above for newer editions), and it focusses on Python 2. This is a deprecated version of Python, and the book has components that do not translate into Python 3. If you can buy this second-hand for a low price, it might be worthwhile! However, if you’re buying a book to learn Python now, look for the latest edition of Python for Experimental Psychologists instead.
- Dalmaijer, E.S. (2016). Python for Experimental Psychologists. Abbingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. Preview and buy it here!