About PsychoPy
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Citing PsychoPy
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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. <https://www.amazon.com/Building-Experiments-PsychoPy-Jonathan-Peirce/dp/1473991390>`_ 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 <https://doi.org/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 <https://doi.org/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.
