﻿<?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 4  » trouble getting block to stop and go on</title><generator>InstantForum 2017-1 Final</generator><description>Millisecond Forums</description><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/</link><webMaster>Millisecond Forums</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:52:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>trouble getting block to stop and go on</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic26735.aspx</link><description>I have a simple task, but have a total blackout on how to go about it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;The task I want to use is this: participants will see a picture together with a sound, and thereafter can chose whether they want to continue with the task or stop. If they want to go on, they will see again a picture with a sound. If they stop, they will go on to answer three questions about the sound.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;The participants who never stop will see 10 pictures and then just go on to the questions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;The picture will always be the same, and the sound should be either one of two sounds. I have not started to write this part, as it took me way too long to get where I am now...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Ideally, participants see the picture and hear the sound, and then they see the question if they want to go on or not, with an option to click or press a certain box or key, respectively.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have tried a lot today, but everytime something works, something else doesn't anymore...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;My current version, which does not work and I don't remember what I had previously (shouldn't have forgotten to safe every step...), is this&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;page tolerance&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;^Instructions will follow....&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/page&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;picture baby1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = baby1&lt;br/&gt;/ position = (50,50)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/picture&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item baby1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ 1= "Baby.bmp"&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;sound babySound1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items= ("Cry.wav")&lt;br/&gt;/ playthrough = true&lt;br/&gt;/ pan = 0&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/sound&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item babySound1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ 1= "Cry.wav"&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;trial tolerance1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes=[1=baby1, babySound1]&lt;br/&gt;/ trialduration = 2500&lt;br/&gt;/ pretrialpause = 500&lt;br/&gt;/ responsetime = 1000&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/trial&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item questionTIC&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; ******I added this after my likert did not work&lt;br/&gt;/ 1= "DO&amp;nbsp;YOU&amp;nbsp;WANT&amp;nbsp;TO&amp;nbsp;GO&amp;nbsp;ON?&lt;br/&gt;PRESS&amp;nbsp;SPACEBAR&amp;nbsp;IF&amp;nbsp;YOU&amp;nbsp;WANT&amp;nbsp;TO&amp;nbsp;QUIT.&lt;br/&gt;DO&amp;nbsp;NOTHING&amp;nbsp;IF&amp;nbsp;YOU&amp;nbsp;WANT&amp;nbsp;TO&amp;nbsp;GO&amp;nbsp;ON." &lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;likert questionTIC&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;***I made this useless, but this is what I had, in several forms, and that did not work&lt;br/&gt;/ anchors = [1="Yes"; 2="No"]&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes = [1= questionTIC]&lt;br/&gt;/ mouse=true&lt;br/&gt;/ numpoints=2&lt;br/&gt;/ position= (50, 60)&lt;br/&gt;/anchorwidth = 20&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/likert&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;text questionTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/size = (1000,100)&lt;br/&gt;/items = questionTIC&lt;br/&gt;/position = (50, 50)&lt;br/&gt;/halign = center&lt;br/&gt;/select = sequence&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;trial questionTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes=[1=questionTIC]&lt;br/&gt;/ trialduration = 5005&lt;br/&gt;/ responsetime = 0&lt;br/&gt;/ validresponse = (" ", noresponse)&lt;br/&gt;/ correctresponse = (no response)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/trial&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;block TIC1&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;/ trials=[1-5=tolerance1, questionTIC]&lt;br/&gt;/ preinstructions=(tolerance)&lt;br/&gt;/ stop = [block.TIC1.error]&lt;br/&gt;/ branch = [if (block.TIC1.error) block.questionnaireTIC] &lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;****I also had a block specified with these:&lt;br/&gt;/ stop = [block.questionTIC.error; block.questionTIC.correctcount &amp;gt;=10]&lt;br/&gt;/ branch = [if (block.questionTIC.error) block.questionnaireTIC] &lt;br/&gt;/ branch = [if (block.questionTIC.correctcount &amp;gt;=10) block.questionnaireTIC]&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;but this also worked and then did not anymore along the way....&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;page questionnaireTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;^^Instructions will follow...&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/page&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item questionnaireTIC&amp;gt; **** I do not know them yet***&lt;br/&gt;/1 = "Question1."&lt;br/&gt;/2 = "Question2."&lt;br/&gt;/3 = "Question3."&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;likert questionnaireTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ anchors = [1="Not at all true"; 2="Hardly true"; 3="Moderately true"; 4="Exactly true"]&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes = [1= questionnaireTIC]&lt;br/&gt;/ mouse=true&lt;br/&gt;/ numpoints=4&lt;br/&gt;/ position= (50, 50)&lt;br/&gt;/anchorwidth = 150&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/likert&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;text questionnaireTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = questionnaireTIC&lt;br/&gt;/ size = (1000,100)&lt;br/&gt;/ position = (50, 40)&lt;br/&gt;/ halign = center&lt;br/&gt;/ select = sequence&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;block questionnaireTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ preinstructions = (questionnaireTIC)&lt;br/&gt;/ trials = [1-3=questionnaireTIC]&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have used the search function in the available tasks and the discussion forum, but nothing comes up that I can use. Maybe someone remembers a topic with the same question or which task in the demos can help me out?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 05:56:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ChristineH</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: trouble getting block to stop and go on</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic26741.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="26735" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1554728174607"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="26735" 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="26735" 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="26735" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;ChristineH - Saturday, April 6, 2019&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-26735"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;I have a simple task, but have a total blackout on how to go about it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;The task I want to use is this: participants will see a picture together with a sound, and thereafter can chose whether they want to continue with the task or stop. If they want to go on, they will see again a picture with a sound. If they stop, they will go on to answer three questions about the sound.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;The participants who never stop will see 10 pictures and then just go on to the questions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;The picture will always be the same, and the sound should be either one of two sounds. I have not started to write this part, as it took me way too long to get where I am now...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Ideally, participants see the picture and hear the sound, and then they see the question if they want to go on or not, with an option to click or press a certain box or key, respectively.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have tried a lot today, but everytime something works, something else doesn't anymore...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;My current version, which does not work and I don't remember what I had previously (shouldn't have forgotten to safe every step...), is this&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;page tolerance&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;^Instructions will follow....&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/page&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;picture baby1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = baby1&lt;br/&gt;/ position = (50,50)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/picture&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item baby1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ 1= "Baby.bmp"&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;sound babySound1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items= ("Cry.wav")&lt;br/&gt;/ playthrough = true&lt;br/&gt;/ pan = 0&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/sound&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item babySound1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ 1= "Cry.wav"&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;trial tolerance1&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes=[1=baby1, babySound1]&lt;br/&gt;/ trialduration = 2500&lt;br/&gt;/ pretrialpause = 500&lt;br/&gt;/ responsetime = 1000&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/trial&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item questionTIC&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; ******I added this after my likert did not work&lt;br/&gt;/ 1= "DO&amp;nbsp;YOU&amp;nbsp;WANT&amp;nbsp;TO&amp;nbsp;GO&amp;nbsp;ON?&lt;br/&gt;PRESS&amp;nbsp;SPACEBAR&amp;nbsp;IF&amp;nbsp;YOU&amp;nbsp;WANT&amp;nbsp;TO&amp;nbsp;QUIT.&lt;br/&gt;DO&amp;nbsp;NOTHING&amp;nbsp;IF&amp;nbsp;YOU&amp;nbsp;WANT&amp;nbsp;TO&amp;nbsp;GO&amp;nbsp;ON." &lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;likert questionTIC&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;***I made this useless, but this is what I had, in several forms, and that did not work&lt;br/&gt;/ anchors = [1="Yes"; 2="No"]&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes = [1= questionTIC]&lt;br/&gt;/ mouse=true&lt;br/&gt;/ numpoints=2&lt;br/&gt;/ position= (50, 60)&lt;br/&gt;/anchorwidth = 20&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/likert&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;text questionTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/size = (1000,100)&lt;br/&gt;/items = questionTIC&lt;br/&gt;/position = (50, 50)&lt;br/&gt;/halign = center&lt;br/&gt;/select = sequence&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;trial questionTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes=[1=questionTIC]&lt;br/&gt;/ trialduration = 5005&lt;br/&gt;/ responsetime = 0&lt;br/&gt;/ validresponse = (" ", noresponse)&lt;br/&gt;/ correctresponse = (no response)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/trial&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;block TIC1&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;/ trials=[1-5=tolerance1, questionTIC]&lt;br/&gt;/ preinstructions=(tolerance)&lt;br/&gt;/ stop = [block.TIC1.error]&lt;br/&gt;/ branch = [if (block.TIC1.error) block.questionnaireTIC] &lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;****I also had a block specified with these:&lt;br/&gt;/ stop = [block.questionTIC.error; block.questionTIC.correctcount &amp;gt;=10]&lt;br/&gt;/ branch = [if (block.questionTIC.error) block.questionnaireTIC] &lt;br/&gt;/ branch = [if (block.questionTIC.correctcount &amp;gt;=10) block.questionnaireTIC]&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;but this also worked and then did not anymore along the way....&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;page questionnaireTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;^^Instructions will follow...&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/page&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item questionnaireTIC&amp;gt; **** I do not know them yet***&lt;br/&gt;/1 = "Question1."&lt;br/&gt;/2 = "Question2."&lt;br/&gt;/3 = "Question3."&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;likert questionnaireTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ anchors = [1="Not at all true"; 2="Hardly true"; 3="Moderately true"; 4="Exactly true"]&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes = [1= questionnaireTIC]&lt;br/&gt;/ mouse=true&lt;br/&gt;/ numpoints=4&lt;br/&gt;/ position= (50, 50)&lt;br/&gt;/anchorwidth = 150&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/likert&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;text questionnaireTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = questionnaireTIC&lt;br/&gt;/ size = (1000,100)&lt;br/&gt;/ position = (50, 40)&lt;br/&gt;/ halign = center&lt;br/&gt;/ select = sequence&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;block questionnaireTIC&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ preinstructions = (questionnaireTIC)&lt;br/&gt;/ trials = [1-3=questionnaireTIC]&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have used the search function in the available tasks and the discussion forum, but nothing comes up that I can use. Maybe someone remembers a topic with the same question or which task in the demos can help me out?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="26735"&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;See the reply in your other thread:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.millisecond.com/forums/FindPost26740.aspx"&gt;https://www.millisecond.com/forums/FindPost26740.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 05:56:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>