__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ANTI-SACCADE TASK (keyboard version) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 10-25-2016 last updated: 02-17-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 02-17-2022 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script runs the AntiSaccade Task, a test of inhibitory control, with keyboard input as described in: Friedman, N. P., Miyake, A., Young, S. E., DeFries, J. C., Corley, R. P., & Hewitt, J. K. (2008). Individual differences in executive functions are almost entirely genetic in origin. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137, 201–225. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TASK DESCRIPTION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Participants are asked to focus on a fixation cross in the center of the screen. A brief flash is presented on either to the right or the left side of the fixation cross. The brief flash is followed by the target stimulus on the opposite side of the flash. The target is either a left-pointing, a right-pointing, or an up-pointing arrow and it disappears quickly. Participants are asked to press the '←' key on the keyboard if it's a left-pointing arrow, to press the '→' key on the keyboard if it's a right-pointing arrow, and to press the '↑' key on the keyboard if it's an up-pointing arrow. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 10 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA FILE INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The default data stored in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'antisaccadetask_keyboard_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. phase: "practice" vs. "test" fixationDuration: duration (in ms) of fixationcross targetLocation: target is located: 'left' vs. 'right' to the fixation cross targetDirection: target arrow points to: 'left' vs. 'right' vs. 'up' stim: contains the currently presented arrow image response: the participant's response (scancode of response button) correct: the correctness of the response (1 = correct; 0 = incorrect) latency: the response latency (in ms); measured from onset of target stim (2) Summary data file: 'antisaccadetask_keyboard_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) properrors_AS: error rate for AntiSaccade task meanRT_AS: mean latency (in ms) of correct AntiSaccade responses SD_AS: standard deviation of latencies (in ms) of correct AntiSaccade responses * separate data files: to change to one data file for all participants (on Inquisit Lab only), go to section "DATA" and follow further instructions ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 (targetLocations: right vs. left) x 3 (targetDirections: right vs. left vs. up) tested within participants (=> 6 different trial types) - 1 Practice Block: 18* practice trials (change number of trials under section BLOCKS), order of trials randomly determined Errorfeedback is provided during Practice only - 1 Test Block: 90 trials, 15 trials per each trial type (change number of trials under section BLOCKS), order of trials randomly determined Note*: number of trials different from Friedman et al (2008) Trial-Sequence: (1) Fixation cross: variable duration, randomly sampled (with replacement) btw. 1,500 and 3,500 ms (in 250ms intervals) (2) Flash (150ms): a yellow square appears either on the opposite side the target appears on (AntiSaccade) (3) Target (175ms): target appears (4) Mask (until response): gray mask covers target (5) ITI: blank screen for 0ms (editable) before fixation cross returns ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STIMULI ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - stimulus sizes can be edited under section Editable Parameters - stimulus left/right positions can be edited under section Editable Parameters target stimuli are left, right and up pointing arrows ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ are provided by Millisecond Software under section 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: check under EDITABLE CODE 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: User Interface (UI) parameters: /fontsize_fixation: sets the height of the fixation cross in canvas % (default: 15%) / targetsize: sets the height of the target images in canvas % (default: 5%) / flashSize: sets the height of the flash stimulus in canvas % (default: 15%) / maskSize: sets the height of the mask stimulus in canvas % (default: 15%) /stimduration: sets the max. duration of the target presentation in ms (default: 2500ms) /iti: intertrial interval in ms (default: 500ms) /leftPos: coordinate of the left stimulus location in canvas width percentages (default: 25% -> center is 50%) /rightPos: coordinate of the right stimulus location in canvas width percentages (default: 75% -> center is 50%) /leftKey: the scancode of the left responsekey (default: 203) /rightKey: the scancode of the right responsekey (default: 205) /upKey: the scancode of the right responsekey (default: 200)