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how to call up a specific item in a list

davidwdw — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:24:24 GMT

/ 1 = " PTTVPS "

/ 2 = " UUOIOOP "

</item>

/ items = pleasant

</text>

/ stimulustimes = [0 = word]

/ timeout = 4000

</trial>

For the trial type1 specified in the above code, the items are called up from item list randomly. However, how do I call up individual items from the list? For example, I only want to call out the first item.

What should I put in the function "/ stimulustimes = [0 = ]"?

Thank you so much.

RE: how to call up a specific item in a list

Dave — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:24:24 GMT

Yes, that would be the standard way to do it.

RE: how to call up a specific item in a list

davidwdw — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:09:15 GMT

Hi Dave, thank you so much for your answer. I see your point. So if I want to call up one string each time, I should just define them as separate item?

Sorry for the question but I'm new to Inquisit.

RE: how to call up a specific item in a list

Dave — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 04:25:50 GMT

That's not something you do via /stimulustimes or -frames. How stimuli are selected from a given pool is solely to be controlled via the respective *stimulus* element, here the <text> element.

/ myvalue = 0

</values>

/ 1 = " PTTVPS "

/ 2 = " UUOIOOP "

</item>

/ items = pleasant

/ select = values.myvalue

</text>

/ ontrialbeging = [values.myvalue=1]

/ stimulustimes = [0 = word]

/ timeout = 4000

</trial>

However, I fail to see the merits of this approach. If you want a <text> element to just have a single item, why would you want to specify more (here two)?