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*Food Stroop Task -- Blocked Version* (Voice Recordings)
Note: this script does not automatically score the response but
saves a voicerecord that needs to analyzed separately for scoring
purposes.
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last updated: 03-13-2020 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Script Copyright © 03-13-2020 Millisecond Software
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BACKGROUND INFO
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This script implements a blocked Food Stroop by Millisecond Software.
The classic Stroop paradigm demonstrates the interference of word meaning on naming the color in which the words
are written as measured by reaction time/accuracy differences to color-meaning congruent and color-meaning
incongruent combinations. The Food Stroop takes advantage of this basic Stroop interference effect
by comparing responses to food related words to color and neutral animal words.
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TASK DESCRIPTION
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Participants get words of 6 different conditions (e.g. unhealthy and healthy foods, animal names, and color words)
in 5 different colors and are asked to name the color of the word as fast as possible.
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DURATION
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 8 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: 'foodstroop_withvoicerecording_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
script.sessionid: 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.
values.stimword: contains the current stim word
values.stimcolor: contains a numeric representation of the current word's display color:
1=black, 2=blue, 3=green, 4=red, 5=yellow
values.condition: contains a numeric representation of the current condition:
1=congruent (color condition)
2=incongruent (color condition)
3=HPF (high calorie food)
4=NTF (low calorie food)
5=HPFA (animal comps for the high calorie food category),
6=NTFA (animal comps for the low calorie food category)
response: the participant's response (the voice record; needs to be manually scored)
latency: the response latency (in ms); measured from onset of word
(2) Summary data file: 'foodstroop_withvoicerecording_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant)
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
script.startdate: date script was run
script.starttime: time script was started
script.subjectid: assigned subject id number
script.groupid: assigned group id number
script.sessionid: assigned session id number
script.elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
script.completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted);
1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
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EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP
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1 Practice Block: 5 trials with "GREEN", "RED", "CAT", "BANANA", "MILKSHAKE"
6 Test Blocks:
1) Congruent Color Words: presents 20 color words (red, blue, green, black, yellow) in the congruent color (4 repetitions of each color word with constraint that the same color cannot presented consecutively)
2) Incongruent Color Words: presents 20 color words (red, blue, green, black, yellow) in incongruent colors (4 repetitions of each color word; each time it is presented in a different incongruent color with constraint that the same color cannot presented consecutively)
3) unhealthy food choices: presents 20 unhealthy food choices in 5 colors (colors randomly selected with constraint that the same color cannot presented consecutively )
4) healthy food choices: presents 20 healthy food choices in 5 colors (colors randomly selected with constraint that the same color cannot presented consecutively )
5) animals (control for unhealthy food choices): presents 20 animals in 5 colors (colors randomly selected with constraint that the same color cannot presented consecutively)
6) animals (control for healthy food choices): presents 20 animals in 5 colors (colors randomly selected with constraint that the same color cannot presented consecutively)
* order of blocks is randomly selected
Trial Sequence:
Fixation Cross for 200ms -> Stim word until verbal response (recorded but not evaluated)
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STIMULI
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see section Editable Stimuli
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INSTRUCTIONS
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see section Editable Instructions
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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.