Standardized README File for Psychological Experiments (replace details in square brackets []). See example here and source code here.

[TITLE]

tags: [tags or keywords]

[Description]

Publication: [citation of publication or pre-print](DOI URL)

Function(s) assessed: [function(s) assessed]

Features

• Repeatability
• Multilingual
• Validated
• Accessibility
• Cross-platform
• Cross-device
• Cross-species

Alternate Forms: [number of alternate forms / not applicable / not available]

Languages: [list of languages available]

Validation: [brief description of validation measure(s) and population(s)]

Accessibility: [list of accessibility considerations, e.g., colourblind friendly]

Platforms: [list of platforms, e.g., online, offline, fMRI, EEG, MEG]

Devices: [list of devices, e.g., PC, smartphone, tablet]

Species: [list of species, e.g., human, marmoset, mouse, rat]

Development

Software: [software and version]

Requirements: [additional software/versions, licensing, etc]

Administration

[details on administering the experiment, including technical information and verbal instructions/prompts, as applicable]

Procedure and Conditions

[description of the task procedure and any conditions]

Output Files

[list of files output after completion of experiment and what they mean]

Scoring

[instructions for scoring, including variable names and descriptions and where to find the calculations]

Additional Features

[bulleted list of additional features you would like to highlight]

Planned Features

[bulleted list of upcoming or planned features]

How to Contribute

[description on how others can contribute to the development of this task (e.g., additional features, language translation, etc]

Contributors

[list of contributors and their contributions to the design and development of the experiment, including a contact person & information if desired]

License & Attribution

[specify license and main points (attributional, non-commercial) as well as citation requests]

Additional Reading

[list of research articles or documentation with URLs]