___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MILLISECOND NAMING TEST ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 02-03-2015 last updated: 02-24-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 02-24-2022 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script runs the Millisecond Naming Test which is inspired by the Boston Naming Test; a neuropsychological test of word retrieval. This script uses the 60 items and instructions published by Nicholas, L.E.; Brookshire, R.H.; MacLennan, D.L.; Schumacher, J.G. & Porrazzo, S.A. (1988). The Boston Naming Test: Revised Administration and Scoring Procedureds and Normative Information for Non-Brain-Damaged Adults. In: Clinical Aphasiology. Boston: College-Hill Press. pp. 103–15. The chapter includes instructions of how to administer the test. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TASK DESCRIPTION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Patients get pictures of 60 items and are asked to name each item. Test Administrators are asked to write down the responses in as much detail as necessary. Responses and scores can be entered into the computer at the end of the task (optional). ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 5 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'millisecondnamingtest_raw*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant) build: The specific Inquisit version used (the 'build') that was run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) date, time: date and time script was run subject, group, with the current subject/groupnumber session: with the current session id blockcode, blocknum: the name and number of the current block (built-in Inquisit variable) trialcode, trialnum: the name and number of the currently recorded trial (built-in Inquisit variable) Note: trialnum is a built-in Inquisit variable; it counts all trials run; even those that do not store data to the data file such as feedback trials. Thus, trialnum may not reflect the number of main trials run per block. stimulusitem: the presented stimuli in order of trial presentation response: the participant's response latency: the response latency (in ms) totalscore: adds the scores for all pictures (Max: 60) (2) Summary data file: 'millisecondnamingtest_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startDate: date script was run startTime: time script was started subjectid: assigned subject id number groupid: assigned group id number sessionid: assigned session id number elapsedTime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) totalscore: adds the scores for all pictures (Max: 60) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Nicholas et al (1988) published instructions in Appendix A and B. In short: * 60 pictures are presented in sequence * test administrator controls timing of picture presentation; test administrator can advance to next picture by pressing the Spacebar * each picture gets presented 20s (editable parameter) !Note: the picture is not automatically removed. Instead, test administrator needs to keep track of time. A clock is presented together with each picture. After the initial 20s are up a reminder comes on screen. If additional seconds have been added, test administrator can wait to press <SPACEBAR> until that time is up * if participant misinterprets item (e.g. uses umbrella for mushroom), a specific corrective prompt can be given (not specified by Nicholas et al, 1988) and the time reset * generally, one prompt per picture can be given; prompt depends on response (e.g. "tell me another name for that", "tell me the best name", "no, this", "give it a try") * at the end of the test, test administrator can enter responses and scores in the computer (optional) Note: Scoring correct responses are scored with a '+' (worth a point), incorrect responses are scored with a '-' (worth 0 points) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STIMULI ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Picture of the 60 items were downloaded from the internet. The pictures depict the item surrounded by a white background. Each pictures measures 500px x 500px. Pictures can be exchanged under EDITABLE CODE -> Editable Stimuli ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Instructions are provided by Millisecond Software. They were in part taken from Nicholas et al (1988). They can be edited under EDITABLE CODE -> Editable Instructions ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDITABLE CODE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment. The parameters you can change are: /picturepresentationtime: the time in ms allocated for each picture (default: 20000ms) /runscoringprocedure: true: responses and scores can be entered into computer at the end of the test (default) false: the scoring procedure is skipped