﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Millisecond Forums » Millisecond Forums » Inquisit 5  » stimulus persistence after response not working</title><generator>InstantForum 2017-1 Final</generator><description>Millisecond Forums</description><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/</link><webMaster>Millisecond Forums</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:06:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>stimulus persistence after response not working</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic22832.aspx</link><description>hello!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;i'm trying to set up a trial where even after the response is collected, the stimulus persists. I (think) I followed the directions posted for previous questions on this, but it's still not working (i.e. having the erase = false). Would you have an idea of what i'm doing wrong?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;// STIMS&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;picture memStim&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = allStims&lt;br/&gt;/ size = (30%, 30%)&lt;br/&gt;/ select = values.memStim&lt;br/&gt;/ erase = false&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/picture&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;text newOld&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = ("press 'n' if new, 'o' if old")&lt;br/&gt;/ hjustify = center&lt;br/&gt;/ size = (50%,50%)&lt;br/&gt;/ fontstyle = ("Arial",30)&lt;br/&gt;/ vposition = (55)&lt;br/&gt;/ hposition = (50)&lt;br/&gt;/ txbgcolor = (transparent)&lt;br/&gt;/ txcolor = darkgrey&lt;br/&gt;/ erase = false&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;// TRIAL&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;block testing&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ trials = [1-30 = oldSeq]&lt;br/&gt;/ errormessage = false&lt;br/&gt;/ screencolor = white&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;trial oldSeq&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ ontrialbegin = [values.memStim=list.memStims.nextindex]&lt;br/&gt;/ pretrialpause = 1000&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulustimes = [0=blankMem, memStim, newOld]&lt;br/&gt;/ validresponse = ("n","o")&lt;br/&gt;/ beginresponsetime = 0&lt;br/&gt;/ responseinterrupt = trial&lt;br/&gt;/ trialduration = 4000&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/trial&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2017 09:23:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>nrouhani</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: stimulus persistence after response not working</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic22833.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="22832" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1510161680225"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="22832" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="22832" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="22832" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;nrouhani - Wednesday, November 8, 2017&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-22832"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;hello!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;i'm trying to set up a trial where even after the response is collected, the stimulus persists. I (think) I followed the directions posted for previous questions on this, but it's still not working (i.e. having the erase = false). Would you have an idea of what i'm doing wrong?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;// STIMS&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;picture memStim&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = allStims&lt;br/&gt;/ size = (30%, 30%)&lt;br/&gt;/ select = values.memStim&lt;br/&gt;/ erase = false&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/picture&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;text newOld&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = ("press 'n' if new, 'o' if old")&lt;br/&gt;/ hjustify = center&lt;br/&gt;/ size = (50%,50%)&lt;br/&gt;/ fontstyle = ("Arial",30)&lt;br/&gt;/ vposition = (55)&lt;br/&gt;/ hposition = (50)&lt;br/&gt;/ txbgcolor = (transparent)&lt;br/&gt;/ txcolor = darkgrey&lt;br/&gt;/ erase = false&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;// TRIAL&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;block testing&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ trials = [1-30 = oldSeq]&lt;br/&gt;/ errormessage = false&lt;br/&gt;/ screencolor = white&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;trial oldSeq&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ ontrialbegin = [values.memStim=list.memStims.nextindex]&lt;br/&gt;/ pretrialpause = 1000&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulustimes = [0=blankMem, memStim, newOld]&lt;br/&gt;/ validresponse = ("n","o")&lt;br/&gt;/ beginresponsetime = 0&lt;br/&gt;/ responseinterrupt = trial&lt;br/&gt;/ trialduration = 4000&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/trial&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="22832"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Most likely some _other_ element that inhabits the same screen area as "memStim" gets erase. The concrete candidate in your case is "blankMem", so you should make sure that that element's /erase setting is also 'false'.&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2017 09:23:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>