Preferential Looking Task with Custom Video Calibration Targets

Technical Manual

Script Author: Sean Draine, Ph.D. (seandr@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: November 01, 2013

Last Modified: January 16, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script demonstrates a preferential looking task using a SR Researcg eye tracker to monitor and gaze points:

Description

Participants view side by side pictures of 2 animals side by side (either dogs, cats or mixed). The trial ends if participants gaze falls one of the two pics.

Procedure

1 Block of 20 trials with dog-dog pairing (85%), cat-cat pairing (5%), cat-dog/dog-cat (10%)

Stimuli

see section Editable Stimuli

Instructions

see section Editable Instructions

Summary Data

File Name: kittensorpuppies_summary*.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
startDate Date the session was run
startTime Time the session was run
subjectId Participant ID
groupId Group number
sessionId Session number
elapsedTime Session duration in ms
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed