User Manual: Inquisit Mini Mental State Examination


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								MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MMSE)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 10-15-2013
last updated:  02-25-2022 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC

Script Copyright © 02-25-2022 Millisecond Software

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BACKGROUND INFO 	
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This script implements the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) available at:
www.dhs.state.or.us/spd/tools/cm/aps/assessment/mini_mental.pdf‎

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OVERVIEW
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11 questions target five areas of cognitive functioning.

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DURATION 
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 2 minutes to complete

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DATA FILE INFORMATION 
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The default data stored in the data files are:

(1) Raw data file: 'mmse.iqdat' 

date, time:						date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber 
subject, group, session:	  	with the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build:							the Inquisit build 

q*_response:					response given (in assigned values)
									
q*_latency:						how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular 
								question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited)


(2) Summary data file: 'mmse_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))

Orientation 10 -
Language 9:						scores (number = max score) for the 5 sub areas

Total Score 30:					totalscore (out of 30)

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EDITABLE CODE 
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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:

/skipfeedback:					true = no feedback is given (default)
								false = feedback is given (-> page.feedback)