title: The TimeStudio Project: An open source scientific workflow system for the behavioral and brain sciences.
abstract: This article describes a new open source scientific workflow system, the TimeStudio Project, dedicated to the behavioral and brain sciences. The program is written in MATLAB and features a graphical user interface for the dynamic pipelining of computer algorithms developed as TimeStudio plugins. TimeStudio includes both a set of general plugins (for reading data files, modifying data structures, visualizing data structures, etc.) and a set of plugins specifically developed for the analysis of event-related eyetracking data as a proof of concept. It is possible to create custom plugins to integrate new or existing MATLAB code anywhere in a workflow, making TimeStudio a flexible workbench for organizing and performing a wide range of analyses. The system also features an integrated sharing and archiving tool for TimeStudio workflows, which can be used to share workflows both during the data analysis phase and after scientific publication. TimeStudio thus facilitates the reproduction and replication of scientific studies, increases the transparency of analyses, and reduces individual researchers' analysis workload. The project website ( http://timestudioproject.com ) contains the latest releases of TimeStudio, together with documentation and user forums.
authors.affiliation: Uppsala Child & Babylab, Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Box 1225, 751 42, Uppsala, Sweden. par.nystrom@psyk.uu.se.
authors.forename: Pär
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nyström
authors.affiliation: Uppsala Child & Babylab, Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Box 1225, 751 42, Uppsala, Sweden.|Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Unit Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Karolinska Institutet (KIND) and Department of Women's & Children's Health, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Terje
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Falck-Ytter
authors.affiliation: Uppsala Child & Babylab, Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Box 1225, 751 42, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Gustaf
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gredebäck
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001519:Behavior; D035841:Behavioral Research / Q000379:methods*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D053483:Eye Movement Measurements; D006801:Humans; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D057188:Workflow
keywords: Eyetracking; MATLAB; Motion capture; Open source; Pupillometry; Scientific workflow system; Time series