InstantForum 2017-1 FinalMillisecond Forumshttps://forums.millisecond.com/Millisecond ForumsSat, 25 Jul 2026 23:54:37 GMT20https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic11182.aspx<p>I &nbsp;am trying to finish a picture stroop experiment. I wrote the script and tried to run, however, I found that the pictures in the trialcode &nbsp;doesn't match the stimulusitem, three examples are listed below:</p> <p>date &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;time<span> </span>subject<span> </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;trialcode<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;blockcode<span> </span>blocknum<span> </span>trialnum<span> </span>latency<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;response<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;stimulusitem1<span> </span>stimulusitem2</p> <p>091113<span> </span>19:13<span> </span>1 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<span> </span>picturemcwn1.BMP<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp;M &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span> </span>2<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;98<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;684<span> </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;m-o_1_091113_1913_2_98.wav<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;+<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;moincon4.BMP</p> <p>091113<span> </span>19:13<span> </span>1<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;picturemscon4.BMP<span> </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;M &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span> </span>99<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;684<span> </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;m-o_1_091113_1913_2_99.wav<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;+<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;moincon7.BMP</p> <p>091113<span> </span>19:13<span> </span>1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span> </span>picturemsn2.BMP<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp;M &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;</span>2<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;100<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1101<span> </span>m-o_1_091113_1913_2_100.wav<span> </span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;+ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span> </span>moincon6.BMP</p> <div></div> <div></div> <div><b>Another question, how to remove the white frame in the instruction page (inclose a picture in the attachment)?</b></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>These are part of my script:</div> <div>&lt;item picture&gt;</div> <div></div> <div>/1="mcwn1.BMP"</div> <div>/2="msn2.BMP" &nbsp;</div> <div>&hellip;&hellip;</div> <div>/100="mon4.BMP"</div> <div>&lt;/item&gt;</div> <div></div> <div>&lt;picture mcwn1.BMP&gt;</div> <div> <div>/items = picture</div> <div>/position=(50%,50%)</div> <div>&lt;/picture&gt;</div> <div></div> <div>&lt;picture msn2.BMP&gt;</div> <div>/items = picture</div> <div>/position=(50%,50%)</div> <div>&lt;/picture&gt;</div> <div>&hellip;&hellip;</div> <div></div> </div> <div> <div>&lt;picture mon4.BMP&gt;</div> <div>/items = picture</div> <div>/position=(50%,50%)</div> <div>&lt;/picture&gt;</div> </div> <div></div> <div> <div>&lt;text fixation&gt;</div> <div>/items = ("+")</div> <div>/ color = (255, 255, 255)</div> <div>/ txbgcolor = (0,0,0)</div> <div>/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 40pt)</div> <div>/ erase = false</div> <div>&lt;/text&gt;</div> </div> <div></div> <div> <div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>*** INSTRUCTION PAGES *****</div> <div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div></div> <div>&lt;page page1&gt;</div> <div>^^^</div> <div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;+</div> <div>&lt;/page&gt;</div> <div></div> <div>&lt;instruct&gt;&nbsp;</div> <div>/ screencolor = (0,0,0)</div> <div>/ nextkey = (" ")</div> <div>/ lastlabel = "Press the spacebar to continue"</div> <div>/ nextlabel = "Press the spacebar to continue"</div> <div>/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 40pt)</div> <div>/ txcolor = &nbsp;(255,255,255)</div> <div>/ wait = 500</div> <div>&lt;/instruct&gt;</div> <div></div> </div> <div></div> <div> <div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>*** TRIALS *****</div> <div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div></div> <div>&lt;trial picturemcwn1.BMP&gt;&nbsp;</div> <div>/ stimulustimes = [0=fixation;1000=msn1.BMP]</div> <div>/ responsetime = 1000</div> <div>/ response = timeout(2000)</div> <div>&lt;/trial&gt;</div> <div></div> <div>&lt;trial picturemsn2.BMP&gt;&nbsp;</div> <div>/ stimulustimes = [0=fixation;1000=msn2.BMP]</div> <div>/ responsetime = 1000</div> <div>/ response = timeout(2000)</div> <div>&lt;/trial&gt;</div> <div>&hellip;&hellip;</div> <div></div> <div>&lt;trial picturemon3.BMP&gt;&nbsp;</div> <div>/ stimulustimes = [0=fixation;1000=msn3.BMP]</div> <div>/ responsetime = 1000</div> <div>/ response = timeout(2000)</div> <div>&lt;/trial&gt;</div> </div> <div></div> <div> <div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>*** BLOCKS *****</div> <div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>&lt;block practice&gt;</div> <div>/preinstructions=(page1)</div> <div>/ bgstim = (fixation)</div> <div>/ trials = [1-30 = noreplace(picturemcwcon1.BMP, picturemon2.BMP, picturemcwcon3.BMP&hellip;&hellip;）</div> <div>&lt;/block&gt;</div> <div> <div>&lt;block M&gt;</div> <div>/preinstructions=(page1)</div> <div>/ bgstim = (fixation)</div> <div>/ trials = [1-30 = noreplace(picturemcwcon1.BMP, picturemon2.BMP, picturemcwcon3.BMP&hellip;&hellip;）</div> <div>&lt;/block&gt;</div> </div> <div> <div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div>*** EXPERIMENT*****</div> <div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div></div> <div>&lt;expt&gt;</div> <div>/ blocks = [1=practice;2=M]</div> <div>&lt;/expt&gt;</div> <div></div> </div> <div>Could you please give me some help?</div> </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:14:58 GMTluluhttps://forums.millisecond.com/Topic11185.aspx<p>[quote]I found that the pictures in the trialcode &nbsp;doesn't match the stimulusitem,[/quote]</p> <p>There is no reason why they should match -- these are two completely unrelated things. </p> <p>trialcode = name of the &lt;trial&gt; element</p> <p>stimulusitem = the item displayed</p> <p>Eyvery one of our &lt;picture&gt; elements samples randomly from 100 items, you cannot expect any given trial to select any particular item.</p> <p>[quote]Another question, how to remove the white frame in the instruction page (inclose a picture in the attachment)?[/quote]</p> <p>It can't be removed. All you can do is increase the size of the instruction's "window" via the &lt;instruct&gt; element's /windowsize attribute.</p>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:14:58 GMTDave