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<trial recall_word>
/ ontrialbegin = [
values.last3 = substring(values.presentedWords, length(values.presentedWords) - 3, 3);
values.recallCount += 1;
if (values.recallCount == 1){
values.RecallStart = script.elapsedtime;
};
]
/ stimulusframes = [1=WhiteScreen, sentimental, talkative, religious, thrifty, curious, excited, systematic, serious, definite, deliberate, meticulous, mediative, quick, precise, subtle, idealistic, _, clear, exit, recalledwords, recallprompt]
/ validresponse = (sentimental, talkative, religious, thrifty, curious, excited, , systematic, serious, definite, deliberate, meticulous, mediative, quick, precise, subtle, idealistic, _, clear, exit)
/ monkeyresponse = ("sentimental", "talkative", "religious", "thrifty", "curious", "excited", "systematic", "serious", "definite", "deliberate", "meticulous", "mediative", "quick", "precise", "subtle", "idealistic", "exit")
/ ontrialend = [
if(trial.recall_word.response!="exit" && trial.recall_word.response!="clear") {
values.recalledwords=concat(values.recalledwords, trial.recall_word.response);
values.recalledwords = substring(values.recalledwords, 0, 3);
};
if(trial.recall_word.response=="clear") {
values.recalledwords="";
};
if (trial.recall_word.response == "exit"){
values.RecallEnd = script.elapsedtime;
};
]
...
</trial>

You're concatenating the responses to a value per

values.recalledwords=concat(values.recalledwords, trial.recall_word.response);

and then you're mereley extracting a substring of the 1st three letters of the entire substring per

values.recalledwords = substring(values.recalledwords, 0, 3);

Why?

In the same vein, this doesn't make sense either:

<trial recall_end>
/ ontrialbegin = [
values.recallDuration = values.RecallEnd - values.RecallStart;
values.temp_last3 = values.last3;

values.recalledwords = concat(values.recalledwords, " ");
if (contains(values.temp_last3, substring(values.recalledwords, 0, 1))){
values.countCorrectWords += 1;
values.temp_last3 = replaceall(values.temp_last3, substring(values.recalledwords, 0, 1), "");
};
if (contains(values.temp_last3, substring(values.recalledwords, 1, 1))){
values.countCorrectWords += 1;
values.temp_last3 = replaceall(values.temp_last3, substring(values.recalledwords, 1, 1), "");
};
if (contains(values.temp_last3, substring(values.recalledwords, 2, 1))){
values.countCorrectWords += 1;
values.temp_last3 = replaceall(values.temp_last3, substring(values.recalledwords, 2, 1), "");
};

list.correctwords.insertitem(values.countCorrectWords, 1);

if (values.countCorrectWords != 3){
trial.recall_end.insertstimulusframe(text.errorFeedback, 1);
values.correct = 0;
} else {
trial.recall_end.insertstimulusframe(text.correctFeedback, 1);
values.correct = 1;
};
list.accuracy.insertitem(values.correct, 1);
]
/ stimulusframes = [1 = clearscreen, continue]
/ validresponse = (continue)
/ recorddata = true
/ posttrialpause = parameters.ITI
</trial>

Nowhere are you actually keeping the entire words, you're just extracting single letters and keeping those around. What you'll probably want to do is keep the words intact and use the contains() string function to check whether the response string holds the proper words.

FWIW, using list elements to store both the presented words as well as the reponses is probably easier than using only values.

Here's a quick modification (only partly tested & not made to look pretty) using lists, this should give you the general idea.