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> the mouse starts taking mouse movements as input alone

You probably have some mistake in your script. Note that mouse movement *can* be a valid response and -- for example -- will be accepted as input when you define

<trial sometrial>
/ inputdevice = mouse
/ validresponse = (anyresponse)
...
</trial>

They need to be able to move the mouse freely to an object  on the screen but its only a valid response if they then click it.

Is there a specific command for that?

You define /inputdevice = mouse and the *name* of the object as /validresponse. Suppose the object they need to click on is called "button", you define

<trial sometrial>
/ stimulusframes = [1= ..., button, ...]
/ inputdevice = mouse
/ validresponse = (button)
...
</trial>

If you have multiple objects that are supposed to be clickable / count as a response, you do

<trial sometrial>
/ stimulusframes = [1= ..., button1, button2, button3, ...]
/ inputdevice = mouse
/ validresponse = (button1, button2, button3)
...
</trial>

and so forth.

But thats exactly what I do and yet it still sometimes decides to take mousemovements.

For example this trial will most the time only work if someone clicks on the left or right option, but sometimes a mouse movement will be accepted:

<trial choicegain>
/ stimulusframes = [1 = Leftoption, Rightoption;]
/ validresponse = (Leftoption, Rightoption)
/ recorddata = true
/ ontrialbegin = [values.prob = round(rand(1,100)); values.choice += 1;]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "LeftOption" && values.side > 50 && values.prob <= 10) {values.outcome = 1; values.leftoutcome = 1; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "1 ₪"; values.rightoutcome = 10; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "10 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 5000; values.picked = 0; values.spicked = 0} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "RightOption" && values.side <= 50 && values.prob <= 10) {values.outcome = 1; values.rightoutcome = 1; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "1 ₪"; values.leftoutcome = 10; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "10 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 5000; values.picked = 0; values.spicked = 1} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "LeftOption" && values.side > 50 && values.prob > 10) {values.outcome = 1; values.leftoutcome = 1; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "1 ₪"; values.rightoutcome = 0; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "0 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 1000; values.picked = 0; values.spicked = 0} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "RightOption" && values.side <= 50 && values.prob > 10) {values.outcome = 1; values.rightoutcome = 1; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "1 ₪"; values.leftoutcome = 0; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "0 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 1000; values.picked = 0; values.spicked = 1} ]

/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "LeftOption" && values.side <= 50 && values.prob <= 10) {values.outcome = 10; values.leftoutcome = 10; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "10 ₪"; values.rightoutcome = 1; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "1 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 5000; values.picked = 1; values.spicked = 0} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "RightOption" && values.side > 50 && values.prob <= 10) {values.outcome = 10; values.rightoutcome = 10; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "10 ₪"; values.leftoutcome = 1; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "1 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 5000; values.picked = 1; values.spicked = 1} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "LeftOption" && values.side <= 50 && values.prob > 10) {values.outcome = 0; values.leftoutcome = 0; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "0 ₪"; values.rightoutcome = 1; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "1 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 1000; values.picked = 1; values.spicked = 0} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "RightOption" && values.side > 50 && values.prob > 10) {values.outcome = 0; values.rightoutcome = 0; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "0 ₪"; values.leftoutcome = 1; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "1 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 1000; values.picked = 1; values.spicked = 1} ]
</trial>

Please be so kind and attach a runnable / self-contained excerpt that displays this behavior. It is not possible to diagnose the issue based on an isolated code snippet. Thanks.

Attached it so as to not flood the window. Thanks for your help as always Dave :)

Forgot it will ask for three image files you can just delete those parts of code out, I get the error either way.

Thanks for attaching the file. I see no obvious issue with it and am so far unable to reproduce the behavior you observed, i.e., <trial choicegain> or <trial choiceloss> taking mere mouse movement as input.

In the script you attached, however, there are some apparent mistakes in <trial choiceloss> which will prevent the task from working properly.

<trial choiceloss>
/ stimulusframes = [1 = Leftoption, Rightoption;]
/ validresponse = (Leftoption, Rightoption)
/ recorddata = true
/ ontrialbegin = [values.prob = round(rand(1,100)); values.choice += 1;]

/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "LeftOption" && values.side > 50 && values.prob <= 10) {values.outcome = -1; values.leftoutcome = -1; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "-1 ₪"; values.rightoutcome = -10; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "-10 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 5000} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "RightOption" && values.side <= 50 && values.prob <= 10) {values.outcome = -1; values.rightoutcome = -1; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "-1 ₪"; values.leftoutcome = -10; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "-10 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 5000} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "LeftOption" && values.side > 50 && values.prob > 10) {values.outcome = -1; values.leftoutcome = -1; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "-1 ₪"; values.rightoutcome = 0; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "0 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 1000} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "RightOption" && values.side <= 50 && values.prob > 10) {values.outcome = -1; values.rightoutcome = -1; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "-1 ₪"; values.leftoutcome = 0; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "0 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 1000} ]

/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "LeftOption" && values.side <= 50 && values.prob <= 10) {values.outcome = -10; values.leftoutcome = -10; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "-10 ₪"; values.rightoutcome = -1; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "-1 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 5000} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "RightOption" && values.side > 50 && values.prob <= 10) {values.outcome = -10; values.rightoutcome = -10; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "-10 ₪"; values.leftoutcome = -1; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "-1 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 5000} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "LeftOption" && values.side <= 50 && values.prob > 10) {values.outcome = 0; values.leftoutcome = 0; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "0 ₪"; values.rightoutcome = -1; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "-1 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 1000} ]
/ ontrialend = [if(trial.choicegain.response == "RightOption" && values.side > 50 && values.prob > 10) {values.outcome = 0; values.rightoutcome = 0; text.rightoutcome.item.1 = "0 ₪"; values.leftoutcome = -1; text.leftoutcome.item.1 = "-1 ₪"; trial.outcome.trialduration = 1000} ]

/ ontrialend = [if((trial.choiceloss.response == "LeftOption" && values.side <= 50)||(trial.choiceloss.response == "RightOption" && values.side > 50)){values.picked = 1} else {values.picked = 0}]
/ ontrialend = [if(values.leftoutcome == 10||values.leftoutcome==-10||values.rightoutcome == 10||values.rightoutcome ==- 10) {trial.outcome.trialduration = 5000} else {trial.outcome.trialduration = 1000}]
</trial>

As you can see, almost the entire /ontrialend logic in that <trial> erroneously refers to <trial choicegain>'s response property. This doesn't look right to me and almost certainly will prevent the script from working as you intend it to.

If -- after correcting the above -- you still observe (seemingly) erroneous behavior (trials advancing on mere mouse movement), it would be great if you could do the following:

#1: To make sure we're on the same page testing-wise: Is your Inquisit installation up to date? If not, please update it to the latest release and check if the issue persists.
#2: If the issue persists, what's the OS (type and version) of the affected system? Have you observed the issue on other systems as well?
#3: For trials that advance on mouse movement, what is recorded in the data file's response column for the respective trial *and* the one preceding it?

Thanks.