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According to APA guidelines, specialist software should be referenced as follows:
Author. (Year). Name of the software (Version number) [Computer software]. Publisher. URL.
Example of citation in text / methods section:
Stimulus presentation was controlled by Experiment Builder (SR Research Ltd., 2024).
In the references section:
SR Research Ltd. (2024*). Experiment Builder (Version 2.6.11**) [Computer software]. SR Research Ltd. https://www.sr-research.com/experiment-builder/
* Replace with year of use / version release
** Replace with version used
Author. (Year). Name of the software (Version number) [Computer software]. Publisher. URL.
Example of citation in text / methods section:
Stimulus presentation was controlled by Experiment Builder (SR Research Ltd., 2024).
In the references section:
SR Research Ltd. (2024*). Experiment Builder (Version 2.6.11**) [Computer software]. SR Research Ltd. https://www.sr-research.com/experiment-builder/
* Replace with year of use / version release
** Replace with version used