The Observer

The Observer allows you to integrate a wide range of data streams, including video, audio, physiological data (such as heart rate or skin conductance), eye tracking, facial expressions, EEG, and more. The specific number will depend on the project set-up and the types of equipment or sensors being used.

Important factors for the system requirements include the use of video, the amount of data, the complexity of data selections and analyses, and the size of external data files. For optimal performance and functionality, an up-to-date computer system is strongly recommended.

With Pocket Observer, the mobile companion to The Observer, you can code behavior in real-world settings while participants are on the move. Whether participants are moving on a playground, in a store, or in a museum, you can capture detailed observational data unobtrusively using its intuitive interface. Data can later be synchronized for further analysis within The Observer.

The Observer offers a Coder license that allows multiple observers to code behavior simultaneously within the same research project. Using The Observer Coder license allows for coding and visualization only. After all behaviors are coded, you can collect the observations in your main project with a full license of The Observer and perform data selection, visualization, and analysis.

Yes. The Observer integrates with uLog for logging external events, uASQ for collecting questionnaire data, and E-Prime for stimulus presentation. This allows you to synchronize behavioral observations with experimental events and self-report data in one unified, time-aligned dataset.