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Thanks. It seems, I've been looking at v5 documentation where pre- and posttrialpause attributes are available.

> "posttrialpause is not a valid attribute".  Why could that be?

<surveypage>s do not have /post- or /pretrialpauses. Those attributes only apply to standard <trial>, <openended> or <likert> elements as detailed in the documentation.

You need to /branch to a standard <trial> that lasts for however long you want the artificial pause to be instead.

> Also, is there a way to display text for a short period without requiring the participant to respond? Ideally I'd like to show a text like "A
> moment, please" during the pause.

Yes, of course. You simply do:

<block someblock>
/ trials = [1=yourpage; ....]
...
</block>

<surveypage yourpage>
....
/ branch = [trial.waittrial]
</surveypage>

with

<trial waittrial>
/ stimulusframes = [1=waitmessage]
/ validresponse = (0)
/ trialduration = 3000
</trial>

<text waitmessage>
/ items = ("One moment please...")
</text>