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Allow repeats

nakayama — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:10:37 GMT

To whom it may concern,
Hi, I just to want to ask that If one participant lapses during a trial, how does the syntax look like if I want to repeat the same trial?
Thank you for you concern!
Best Regards,
Nakayama

RE: Allow repeats

nakayama — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:10:37 GMT

Thank you Mr. Dave. The post is very helpful!

RE: Allow repeats

Dave — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:38:55 GMT

It is possible to do this, but it requires some trickery using the /isvalidresponse attribute: See e.g. here: https://www.millisecond.com/forums/FindPost15812.aspx

You'd have to modify or extend that to record the latency property instead of or in addition to the response property.

RE: Allow repeats

nakayama — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:46:50 GMT

Thank you Mr. Dave. This Syntax is very helpful!
May I ask another question here? I wonder if I can let participants count the time by pressing one key (so that the counting behavior is measured by how many times they press the key) on the keyboard while they are being presented with stimulus.
Does any syntax allow me to do this? Could I record the temporal interval between each count?
Thank you for your concern!
Best Regards,
Nakayama

RE: Allow repeats

Dave — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 04:16:24 GMT

This entirely depends on how your procedure is set up and how you define "lapsed".

In general, you don't repeat a <trial>, rather you repeat a given stimulus -- more precisely -- don't select a new stimulus.

Here's a simple example: Suppose you want to repeat a given stimulus if the participant's response latency is 2000 ms or greater. Then you do:

<values>
/ myvalue = 1
</values>

<text mytext>
/ items = ("A", "B", "C", "D")
/ select = values.myvalue
</text>

<list mylist>
/ poolsize = 4
</list>

<trial mytrial>
/ ontrialbegin = [if (trial.mytrial.latency < 2000) values.myvalue = list.mylist.nextindex]
/ stimulusframes = [1=mytext]
/ validresponse = (57)
/ branch = [if (trial.mytrial.latency >= 2000) trial.mytrial]
</trial>

<block myblock>
/ trials = [1-4 = mytrial]
</block>