<p>I highly recommend PsychoPy over E-prime. Why? </p>

<ul>
<li>Keeping track of who has the e-prime dongle is annoying.</li>
<li>Students learn it more easily (see data below).</li>
<li>E-prime uses visual basic (boo) and PsychoPy uses Python (yay!).</li>
<li>PsychoPy easily integrates with R, matlab, and HTML.</li>
<li>Everyone is doing it... (see data).</li>
</ul>

<p>Some folks at UCSD did a <a href="http://lpl.ucsd.edu/software-survey-results" rel="noreferrer">survey in summer/fall 2014</a> asking researchers for their opinions. Here is a summary of the findings. </p>

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<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/BMmeb.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/BMmeb.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2017-02-01T13:19:22.627Z
+1: I had forgotten about the dongle, but this is indeed a big problem. My students keep loosing them once in a while.
Denis Cousineau
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<p>What are the advantages of using PsychoPy for making an experiment (beyond the fact that it is free and open source)? I do not use psychophysics stimuli (no Gabor for instance); my stimuli are static images or text. Compared to E-Prime for example, how easy is it to set up a basic RT experiment?</p>

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Pros and Cons of PsychoPy for designing psychological experiments?
Denis Cousineau
# Pros and Cons of PsychoPy for designing psychological experiments?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-01-31)

What are the advantages of using PsychoPy for making an experiment (beyond the fact that it is free and open source)? I do not use psychophysics stimuli (no Gabor for instance); my stimuli are static images or text. Compared to E-Prime for example, how easy is it to set up a basic RT experiment?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-01-31. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

I highly recommend PsychoPy over E-prime. Why?

* Keeping track of who has the e-prime dongle is annoying.
* Students learn it more easily (see data below).
* E-prime uses visual basic (boo) and PsychoPy uses Python (yay!).
* PsychoPy easily integrates with R, matlab, and HTML.
* Everyone is doing it... (see data).

Some folks at UCSD did a [survey in summer/fall 2014](http://lpl.ucsd.edu/software-survey-results) asking researchers for their opinions. Here is a summary of the findings.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/aHi0n.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/aHi0n.png)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/BMmeb.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/BMmeb.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: +1: I had forgotten about the dongle, but this is indeed a big problem. My students keep loosing them once in a while.  

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