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I tried to put /erase code, but nothing changed. Additionally, only one word appears not the word pairs (one from targetwords1 and one from transwords1)

Actually, if I could figure out the logic of the creating scripts,  I am planning to buy the software for my future academic studies.

this is the final script :

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*** DEFAULTS ***
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<defaults>
/ screencolor = (255,255,255)
/ font = ("Arial", -18, 400, 0, 34)
/ txbgcolor = (0, 0, 0)
/ txcolor = (0,0,0)
/ inputdevice = voicerecord
</defaults>

<data>
/ columns = [date time subject trialcode blockcode blocknum trialnum trialdata trialdata latency response]
</data>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** TEXTS AND TARGETS ***
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<text targetword>
/ select = sequence
/ position = (5,50)
/ items = targetword
/ font = ("Arial", -20, 700, 0, 49)
/ txbgcolor = (255,255,255)
/ color = (0,0,0)
</text>

<item targetword>
/1 = "targetword"
</item>

<text transword>
/ select = sequence
/ erase  = true (0,0,0)
/ position = (93,50)
/ items = transword
/ font = ("Arial", -20, 700, 0, 49)
/ txbgcolor = (255,255,255)
/ color = (0,0,0)
</text>

<item transword>
/1 = "transword"
</item>


<text targetwords1>
/ select = sequence
/ erase = true (0,0,0)
/ position = (50,50)
/ items = targetwords1
/ font = ("Courier New", -35, 700, 0, 49)
/ txbgcolor = (255,255,255)
/ color = (0,0,0)
</text>

<item targetwords1>
 / 1 = "car"
 / 2 = "bike"
 / 3 = "plane"
 / 4 = "onion"
 / 5 = "carrot"
 / 6 = "lettuce"
 / 7 = "couch"
 / 8 = "closet"
 / 9 = "chair"
 / 10 = "grape"
 / 11 = "lemon"
 / 12 = "cherry"
 / 13 = "dress"
 / 14 = "trousers"
 / 15 = "coat"
 / 16 = "yellow"
 / 17 = "black"
 / 18 = "purple"
 / 19 = "horse"
 / 20 = "lion"
 / 21 = "pig"
 / 22 = "lawyer"
 / 23 = "teacher"
 / 24 = "dentist"
 / 25 = "eye"
 / 26 = "chest"
 / 27 = "face"
 / 28 = "church"
 / 29 = "factory"
 / 30 = "farm"
</item>

<text transwords1>
/ select = sequence
/ erase = true (0,0,0)
/ position = (50,50)
/ items = transwords1
/ font = ("Courier New", -35, 700, 0, 49)
/ txbgcolor = (255,255,255)
/ color = (0,0,0)
</text>

<item transwords1>
 / 1 = "motore"
 / 2 = "treno"
 / 3 = "barca"
 / 4 = "pomodoro"
 / 5 = "fagiolo"
 / 6 = "pisello"
 / 7 = "tavolo"
 / 8 = "scaffale"
 / 9 = "letto"
 / 10 = "pesca"
 / 11 = "banana"
 / 12 = "mela"
 / 13 = "maglione"
 / 14 = "camicia"
 / 15 = "calzino"
 / 16 = "rosso"
 / 17 = "verde"
 / 18 = "blu"
 / 19 = "gatto"
 / 20 = "coniglio"
 / 21 = "cane"
 / 22 = "medico"
 / 23 = "panettiere"
 / 24 = "macellaio"
 / 25 = "gamba"
 / 26 = "caviglia"
 / 27 = "braccio"
 / 28 = "appartamento"
 / 29 = "museo"
 / 30 = "casa"
</item>

<text targetwords2>
/ select = sequence
/ erase = true (0,0,0)
/ position = (50,50)
/ items = targetwords2
/ font = ("Courier New", -35, 700, 0, 49)
/ txbgcolor = (255,255,255)
/ color = (0,0,0)
</text>

<item targetwords2>
 / 1 = "car"
 / 2 = "bike"
 / 3 = "plane"
 / 4 = "onion"
 / 5 = "carrot"
 / 6 = "lettuce"
 / 7 = "couch"
 / 8 = "closet"
 / 9 = "chair"
 / 10 = "grape"
 / 11 = "lemon"
 / 12 = "cherry"
 / 13 = "dress"
 / 14 = "trousers"
 / 15 = "coat"
 / 16 = "yellow"
 / 17 = "black"
 / 18 = "purple"
 / 19 = "horse"
 / 20 = "lion"
 / 21 = "pig"
 / 22 = "lawyer"
 / 23 = "teacher"
 / 24 = "dentist"
 / 25 = "eye"
 / 26 = "chest"
 / 27 = "face"
 / 28 = "church"
 / 29 = "factory"
 / 30 = "farm"
</item>

<text transwords2>
/ select = sequence
/ erase = true(0,0,0)
/ position = (50,50)
/ items = transwords2
/ font = ("Courier New", -35, 700, 0, 49)
/ txbgcolor = (255,255,255)
/ color = (0,0,0)
</text>

<item transwords2>
/ 1 =  "maglione"
/ 2 =  "pesca"
/ 3 =  "tavolo"
/ 4 =  "camicia"
/ 5 =  "calzino"
/ 6 =  "gamba"
/ 7 =  "cane"
/ 8 =  "banana"
/ 9 =  "rosso"
/ 10 = "casa"
/ 11 = "braccio"
/ 12 = "blu"
/ 13 = "pisello"
/ 14 = "medico"
/ 15 = "appartamento"
/ 16 = "coniglio"
/ 17 = "scaffale"
/ 18 = "fagiolo"
/ 19 = "museo"
/ 20 = "caviglia"
/ 21 = "letto"
/ 22 = "mela"
/ 23 = "verde"
/ 24 = "barca"
/ 25 = "gatto"
/ 26 = "motore"
/ 27 = "macellanio"
/ 28 = "panettiere"
/ 29 = "podomoro"
/ 30 = "treno"
</item>

<text target>
/ items = target
/ font = ("Courier New", -35, 700, 0, 49)
/ txbgcolor = (0, 0, 0)
/ txbgcolor = (255,255,255)
/ color = (0,0,0)
</text>

<item target>
/1 = ""
</item>

<shape erase>
/ color= (255,255,255)
/ size = (400,400)
</shape>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** INSTRUCTION PAGES ***
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<instruct>
/ nextkey = (" ")
/ lastlabel = "Press the spacebar to continue"
/ nextlabel = "Press the spacebar to continue"
/ font = ("Arial", -18, 400, 0, 34)
/ screencolor = (255,255,255)
/ txcolor = (0,0,0)
</instruct>

<page welcome>
^^^^
                   Lexical Decision Experiment.
</page>

<page instruction>

Directions: In each trial two words will be flashed on the screen.
</page>

<page end>
^^
This is the end. Thank you for participating.
</page>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** TRIALS ***
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<trial targetwords1>
/ pretrialpause = 60
/ stimulustimes = [0 = targetwords1, transwords1]
/ trialdata = [targetwords1]
</trial>

<trial targetwords2>
/ pretrialpause = 60
/ stimulustimes = [0 = targetwords2, transwords2]
/ trialdata = [targetwords2]
</trial>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** BLOCKS ***
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<block targetwords1>
/ preinstructions =(instruction)
/trials = [1-30=sequence(targetwords1)]
</block>
<block targetwords2>
/trials = [1-30=sequence(targetwords2)]
</block>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** EXPERIMENT***
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<expt>
/ blocks = [1=targetwords1]
/ blocks = [1=targetwords2]
/ preinstructions = (welcome)
/ postinstructions = (end)
</expt>

Fatma,

#1: Your <text> elements are set to be erased in black. That's where your black ribbon artifact comes from:

<text targetwords1>
/ select = sequence
/ erase = true(0,0,0)
/ position = (50,50)
/ items = targetwords1
/ font = ("Courier New", -35, 700, 0, 49)
/ txbgcolor = (255,255,255)
/ color = (0,0,0)
</text>

You need to change that to whatever you need / want.

#2:

Your <text> elements are (a) presented at the same time and (b) all inhabit the same screen position.

<trial targetwords1>
/ pretrialpause = 60
/ stimulustimes = [0 = targetwords1, transwords1]
/ trialdata = [targetwords1]
/ validresponse = (anyresponse)
</trial>

<text targetwords1>
/ select = sequence
/ erase = true(0,0,0)
/ position = (50,50)
/ items = targetwords1
/ font = ("Courier New", -35, 700, 0, 49)
/ txbgcolor = (255,255,255)
/ color = (0,0,0)
</text>

<text transwords1>
/ select = sequence
/ erase = true(0,0,0)
/ position = (50,50)
/ items = transwords1
/ font = ("Courier New", -35, 700, 0, 49)
/ txbgcolor = (255,255,255)
/ color = (0,0,0)
</text>

If you put several things in the same place at the same time you are obviously not going to see all of them. You need to place them in different positions.

#3:

The tutorials will teach you exactly that.

Regards,

~Dave

Dave, the importance of this experiment is that the participants will see targetwords1/2 with transwords1/2 at the same time; however, targetwords1/2 will be positioned in the middle of the screen on the other hand transwords1/2 will be placed on the top right of the screen. I am wondering the correct value for the transwords 1/2.   I think the first value 50 refers to middle in the code "/ position = (50,50)"

You will find that covered in the documentation for the /position attribute.