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| 1 | +TaskBeacon – Advancing Reproducible Psychological Paradigms |
| 2 | +=========================================================== |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +Welcome to **TaskBeacon**, a community-driven platform dedicated to **sharing, standardizing, and enhancing psychological paradigms**. |
| 5 | +Our mission is to improve **reproducibility and efficiency** in psychological and brain science research through structured formats and **LLM-powered experiment generation**. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +What is TaskBeacon? |
| 8 | +------------------- |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +TaskBeacon is an open science initiative that offers: |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +**Standardized Paradigm Format – TAPS** |
| 13 | +- We develop **TAPS (Task and Paradigm Structure)**, a **structured, reproducible format** for psychological paradigms. |
| 14 | +- It ensures **clarity, consistency**, and **high reproducibility** in experimental designs. |
| 15 | +- Learn more about TAPS: `TAPS Documentation <https://taskbeacon.github.io/taps/>`_ |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +**Open-Source Psychological Task Library** |
| 19 | +- A curated repository of well-documented experiment templates, including: |
| 20 | + - Cognitive tasks (e.g., Go/No-Go, Stroop, N-Back) |
| 21 | + - Reaction-time studies |
| 22 | + - EEG, fMRI, eye-tracking, and fNIRS paradigms |
| 23 | + - Clinical and behavioral experiments |
| 24 | + - Learn more about the tasks we are sharing: `Tasks <https://taskbeacon.github.io/task_index/>`_ |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +**Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Psychological Tasks** |
| 27 | +- Supports **automatic localization** into multiple languages |
| 28 | +- Promotes **global collaboration and accessibility** in research |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +**Future Directions** |
| 31 | +- Leverages **large language models (LLMs)** to automate and streamline paradigm creation. |
| 32 | +- Reduces setup time while ensuring robust and reproducible designs. |
| 33 | +- Learn more about the future of TaskBeacon: |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +.. toctree:: |
| 36 | + :maxdepth: 1 |
| 37 | + :caption: docs |
| 38 | + future_directions |
| 39 | + psyflow |
| 40 | + taps |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +Why TaskBeacon? |
| 43 | +--------------- |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +- **Reproducibility** – Tackles the reproducibility crisis in psychology and neuroscience |
| 46 | +- **Efficiency** – Speeds up paradigm development with standardized formats and AI |
| 47 | +- **Open Science** – Encourages transparency and collaboration across research communities |
| 48 | +- **Scalability** – Enables wide dissemination through culturally adaptable task designs |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +How to Get Involved |
| 52 | +------------------- |
| 53 | +- **Explore the Repository** – Browse open-source psychological tasks and TAPS documentation |
| 54 | +- **Contribute** – Improve TAPS, share your paradigms, or enhance existing task templates |
| 55 | +- **Join the Discussion** – Engage with the community and shape the future of standardized experimental research |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +Connect with Us |
| 58 | +--------------- |
| 59 | +- **GitHub**: `TaskBeacon Organization <https://github.com/TaskBeacon>`_ |
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