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Functions that you will have to use in every single script are
• [initOTBR ](https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ikn/OTBR/-/blob/master/initOTBR.m)(3.3) to initialize the toolbox and
• [stopExperiment](https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ikn/OTBR/-/blob/master/Tools/stopExperiment.m)(3.5.) to close the toolbox and reset all defined IO pins related to the toolbox.
Other essential functions include:
• [initWindow](https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ikn/OTBR/-/blob/master/Screen/initWindow.m)(4.1.) to initialize the presentation window for every visual stimulus display (text, images, videos);
• [keyBuffer](https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ikn/OTBR/-/blob/master/IO/keyBuffer.m)(9.2.) that is the main function used for behavioral in- and output during animal experiments, it can also be used to code waiting periods or inter-trial intervals (you can also use the Psychophysics toolbox function WaitSecs for that);
• [getAnswer](https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ikn/OTBR/-/blob/master/IO/getAnswer.m)(9.3.) has a similar usage and is better designed to be used in human experiments (also useful: getButtonClick (9.5.));
• bIO (10.1.) which is the most basic function to control external devices for e.g. feeding and punishment in animal experiments (more fine-grained functions for specific uses only: feeding, punishment (10.2., 10.3.)).
Furthermore, two very useful functions are:
• [save2File](https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ikn/OTBR/-/blob/master/Tools/save2File.m)(11.3.) to save all your workspace variables in a MATLAB file and
• [errorSave](https://gitlab.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ikn/OTBR/-/blob/master/Tools/errorSave.m)(11.1.) that, in case of an error, still saves all variables and returns an error warning (needs to be called in a try-catch statement).
