code: def getExperimentList():
    
    contents = sio.loadmat("./data/DataFolderList.mat",
                           variable_names=['DataFolderList'],
                           struct_as_record=False,
                           squeeze_me=True)
  
    return contents['DataFolderList']
docs: Get list of folders containing the data of each experiment
    :return: list of folders