The pretrialpause attribute specifies the number of milliseconds to pause prior to running a trial.

Applies to

<trial> <likert> <openended> <namingtrial> <defaults>

Syntax

or

Parameters

integer	An non-negative integer value expressing the duration in milliseconds.
variable	A dynamically selected value. Click here for help with variable syntax.

Remarks

This attribute can be used to insert a fixed interval of time prior to running a trial.

See How to Control Trial Duration and Inter-Trial Intervals for more details on controlling timing of trials.

Examples

The following trial pauses for a half second after the subject responds:

<trial mytrial>
/ stimulusframes=[1=sometext)]
/ pretrialpause=500
</trial>