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. 2015 Jan 20;8:85. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2014.00085

Table 4.

Stimuli provided out of the box by StimServer.

Stimulus (STIM_…) Description
Blank Blank stimulus
Sequence Group a set of other stimuli into a randomizable sequence
SineGrating Drifting and rotating masked sinusoidal grating
SinePlaid Drifting and rotating plaid composed of two additively combined sinusoidal gratings, with arbitrary relative orientations
SquareGrating Drifting and rotating masked square-wave grating
SquarePlaid Drifting and rotating plaid composed of two additively combined square-wave gratings, with arbitrary relative orientations
OscillatingGrating Static oriented square-wave grating that oscillates in contrast
OscillatingPlaid Static plaid composed of two oriented square-wave gratings that oscillate in contrast and phase
SparseNoise Sparse noise composed of pixels arranged in a grid
SparseNoiseFlicker Sparse noise composed of pixels that oscillate in contrast
SparseGrating Sparse noise, where each pixel is a masked square-wave grating that drifts and rotates
BandLimitedNoise Spatially- and temporally-filtered white noise
DotKinematogram Random dot kinematogram stimulus
FlashedImageSequence A sequence of flashed arbitrary images
GaborField A field of Gabors with arbitrary locations and arbitrary individual parameters, that drift in phase and rotate
GaborGrid A regular grid of Gabors with arbitrary individual parameters, that drift in phase and rotate
MaskedMovie Present an arbitrary movie from a file, with a circular mask