SBSL
170 Anderson Hall
257 19th Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-626-5913
E-mail: sbsl@umn.edu

Facilities

Visits to see the labs are always welcome. The staff are there to help you produce results, and to make working with the SBSL a predictable and successful experience.

Networked Computer Lab

170 Anderson Hall

This lab is designed to run several subjects simultaneously, each at their own computer. These facilities are supported by a lab manager, lab technician, and research computing consultants from the CLA-OIT Academic Technologies Division. Academic oversight is provided by Associate Dean Jo-Ida Hansen.

  • 44 networked workstations
    • Windows XP, service pack 2
    • 19-inch LCD screens
    • High-quality headphones
    • 22 serial response boxes
    • 22 microphones
  • Privacy carrels for all workstations
    • Extended side and front panels
    • Six are height-adjustable
  • Reconfigurable furniture layout
  • Data security
    • Firewall for lab network
    • Optional encryption of internal network traffic
    • Security settings can be customized as required
  • Software
  • Development workstations
    • Configurations identical to lab workstations
    • Available in lab services area

Eye Tracker Lab

25 Blegen Hall

This lab is for a single subject at a time, and is typically used for observing and recording eye movement correlated with displays presented on a computer screen.

  • Tobii x50 eye tracker connected to a Windows workstation
  • Second workstation to accommodate interactive experiments
  • Third workstation for observation