Can anyone comment on what sort of software they use for collecting and analyzing this kind of data? Python+numpy? Matlab? Gnuplot? In a past life I was a neuroscientist, and although you could theoretically do experimental neuroscience entirely using open source tools, almost no one does in practice.
They make their own data analysis software called ROOT. It is C++ based. I got to use some of this when I was an undergraduate in the late 90's. Looks like it is still going strong.
If you are interested, it is all open source and available here: http://root.cern.ch
