Hello everyone,
I am having trouble including a practice block into the self paced reading version uploaded in the website. I have tried to do using <block> and <expt> but I always get errors. I would really appreciate your kind help and assistance.
Thanks in advance for your kind cooperation.
Here is the SBR as uploaded from millisecond website:
<parameters>
/ cumulative = false
/ highlight = true
/ windicator = "|"
/ ucmaskchar = "-"
/ lcmaskchar = "-"
</parameters>
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EDITABLE STIMULI: change editable stimuli here
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Text stimuli containing the window indicator (as defined in 'parameters.windicator') must be
entered here.
<item mwstims>
/ 1 ="|FLYWHEELS
|Flywheels |are |one |of |the |oldest |mechanical |devices |known |to |man.
|Every |internal-combustion |engine |contains |a |small |flywheel |that
|converts |the |jerky |motion |of |the |pistons |into |the |smooth |flow |of
|energy |that |powers |the |drive |shaft.
|The |greater |the |mass |of |a |flywheel |and |the |faster |it |spins, |the
|more |energy |can |be |stored |in |it. |But |its |maximum |spinning |speed
|is |limited |by |the |strength |of |the |material |it |is |made |from.
|If |it |spins |too |fast |for |its |mass, |any |flywheel |will |fly |apart.|"
/ 2 = "|One |type |of |flywheel |consists |of |round |sandwiches |of |fiberglass
|and |rubber |providing |the |maximum |possible |storage |of |energy |when
|the |wheel |is |confined |in |a |small |space |as |in |an |automobile.
|Another |type, |the |'superflywheel', |consists |of |a |series |of |rimless
|spokes. |This |flywheel |stores |the |maximum |energy |when |space |is
|unlimited.|"
</item>
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EDITABLE INSTRUCTIONS: change instructions here
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<instruct>
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 3.00%, false, false, false, false, 5, 1)
/ txcolor = (black)
/ inputdevice = mouse
</instruct>
<page intro>
^Welcome to the Self-Paced Reading Task!
^
^^This script implements the "moving window" paradigm introduced by
^^Just, M. A., Carpenter, P. A., & Wooley, J. D. (1982).
^Paradigms and processes in reading comprehension.
^Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 111(2),
^228-238.
^^The script supports both "cumulative" and "noncumulative" moving window
procedures and has fully customizable masking and segmenting options.
^You can even highlight the current window in a different color.
^^The script can be easily adapted to suit your own needs or integrated with
other tasks, such as plausibility or grammaticality judgments.
</page>
<page end>
You have reached the end of the task.
^^Thank you!
</page>
<page cumulative>
^^This block of trials demonstrates the "cumulative" moving window mode.
^^Press the spacebar to advance through the text.
^<%expressions.buttoninstruct1%>
</page>
<page noncumulative>
^^This block of trials demonstrates the "noncumulative" moving window mode.
^^Press the spacebar to advance through the text.
^<%expressions.buttoninstruct1%>
</page>
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general instruction expressions: adjust the instruction text depending on device used to run script
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<expressions>
/buttoninstruct1 = if (computer.touch && !computer.haskeyboard) {"The Spacebar button will be located at the bottom of your screen.";} else {"";}
</expressions>
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EDITABLE LISTS: change editable lists here
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'list.uppercase' contains all characters to be masked by the character defined in
'parameters.ucmaskchar'. Add or remove characters as needed.
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<list uppercase>
/ items = (
"A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M",
"N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z",
"0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9")
/ selectionmode = sequence
/ selectionrate = always
</list>
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'list.lowercase' contains all characters to be masked by the character defined in
'parameters.lcmaskchar'. Add or remove characters as needed.
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<list lowercase>
/ items = (
"a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j","k","l","m",
"n","o","p","q","r","s","t","u","v","w","x","y","z",
"-","—","_",".",":",",",";","?","!","'","(",")","/","\")
/ selectionmode = sequence
/ selectionrate = always
</list>
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!!!REMAINING CODE: Customize after careful consideration only!!!
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DEFAULTS
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script requires Inquisit 5.0.0.0 or higher
<defaults>
/ canvassize = (100%,100%)
/ canvasaspectratio = (4,3)
/ fontstyle = ("Verdana", 2.50%, false, false, false)
/ minimumversion = "5.0.0.0"
/ inputdevice = keyboard
/ screencolor = silver
</defaults>
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DATA
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Note: data file explanations under User Manual Information at the top
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raw data
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<data>
/ columns = (build,computer.platform, date,time,subject,blockcode, blocknum,trialcode,trialnum,response,correct,latency,
list.mwstims.nextvalue,text.mywindow.stimulusonset,values.windowstring,
values.wincount,expressions.inputend,values.winstart,values.winend,parameters.cumulative,
parameters.highlight)
/ separatefiles = true
</data>
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summary data
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<summarydata>
/columns = (script.startdate, script.starttime, script.subjectid, script.groupid, script.elapsedtime, computer.platform, values.completed)
/ separatefiles = true
</summarydata>
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VALUES: automatically updated
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completed:0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
inputstringUnmasked version of the current text containing the window indicators
('parameters.windicator').
maskstringMasked version of the current text containing the window indicators
('parameters.windicator').
wincountOrdinal number of the currently displayed text segment (window).
winstartStart position of current text segment (window).
winendEnd position of current text segment (window)
prewindowstringText preceding the current window. Masked or unmasked according to
'parameters.cumulative'.
windowstringThe current window (always unmasked)
postwindowstringText succeeding the current window (always masked).
outputstringConcetanation of prewindow, window and postwindow strings.
prewindowstringhlUsed to implement the window highlighting (-> 'parameters.highlight').
windowstringhlColor-highlighted version of the current window.
postwindowstringhlUsed to implement the window highlighting (-> 'parameters.highlight').
outputstringhlUsed to implement the window highlighting (-> 'parameters.highlight').
stopblockSwitch used to automatically stop the currently running block as soon as
all items have been displayed.
<values taskparams>
/ completed = 0
/ inputstring = ""
/ maskstring = ""
/ prewindowstring = ""
/ windowstring = ""
/ postwindowstring = ""
/ outputstring = ""
/ maskstringhl = ""
/ prewindowstringhl = ""
/ windowstringhl = ""
/ postwindowstringhl = ""
/ outputstringhl = ""
/ wincount = 0
/ winstart = 0
/ winend = 0
/ stopblock = 0
</values>
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EXPRESSIONS
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These expressions parse the input string for any occurence of the window indicator as
defined in 'parameters.windicator'. The input is segmented accordingly into a prewindow string
(either masked or unmasked according to the 'parameters.cumulative' setting), the current window
string (unmasked) and a postwindow string (masked).
*Please, do not change*
<expressions>
/ inputend = length(values.inputstring)
/ maskuppercase = if(list.uppercase.unselectedcount > 0){
values.maskstring=replaceall(values.maskstring,list.uppercase.nextvalue, parameters.ucmaskchar);
expressions.maskuppercase;
}
/ masklowercase = if(list.lowercase.unselectedcount>0){
values.maskstring = replaceall(values.maskstring,
list.lowercase.nextvalue, parameters.lcmaskchar);
expressions.masklowercase;
}
/ masklowercasehl = values.maskstringhl = replaceall(values.maskstringhl,
parameters.lcmaskchar, " ")
/ maskuppercasehl = values.maskstringhl = replaceall(values.maskstringhl,
parameters.ucmaskchar, " ")
/ getwinstart = values.winstart = values.winend
/ getwinend = values.winend = search(substring(values.inputstring,
values.winstart, length(values.inputstring)-values.winstart), parameters.windicator)
+ length(parameters.windicator) + values.winstart
/ getprewindow = if(parameters.cumulative==true)
values.prewindowstring=substring(values.inputstring, 0, values.winstart) else
values.prewindowstring=substring(values.maskstring, 0, values.winstart)
/ getwindow = values.windowstring = substring(values.inputstring,
values.winstart, abs(values.winstart-values.winend))
/ getpostwindow = values.postwindowstring = substring(values.maskstring,
values.winend, abs(length(values.inputstring)-values.winend))
/ getprewindowhl = values.prewindowstringhl = substring(values.maskstringhl,
0, values.winstart)
/ getwindowhl = values.windowstringhl = substring(values.inputstring,
values.winstart, abs(values.winstart-values.winend))
/ getpostwindowhl = values.postwindowstringhl = substring(values.maskstringhl,
values.winend, abs(length(values.inputstring)-values.winend))
/ stripwindicator = if(parameters.windicator!=" "){
values.prewindowstring = replaceall(values.prewindowstring, parameters.windicator, "");
values.windowstring = replaceall(values.windowstring, parameters.windicator, "");
values.postwindowstring = replaceall(values.postwindowstring, parameters.windicator, "");
values.prewindowstringhl = replaceall(values.prewindowstringhl, parameters.windicator, "");
values.windowstringhl = replaceall(values.windowstringhl, parameters.windicator, "");
values.postwindowstringhl = replaceall(values.postwindowstringhl, parameters.windicator, "");
}
/ getwincount = if(values.windowstring!="")values.wincount+=1
/ getoutputstring = values.outputstring = concat(concat(values.prewindowstring,
values.windowstring),values.postwindowstring)
/ getoutputstringhl = if(parameters.highlight==true)
values.outputstringhl = concat(concat(values.prewindowstringhl,
values.windowstringhl),values.postwindowstringhl) else
values.outputstringhl=""
/ movingwindow = {
expressions.getwinstart; expressions.getwinend;
expressions.getprewindow; expressions.getwindow; expressions.getpostwindow;
expressions.getprewindowhl; expressions.getwindowhl; expressions.getpostwindowhl;
expressions.stripwindicator; expressions.getwincount;
expressions.getoutputstring; expressions.getoutputstringhl;
}
</expressions>
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STIMULI
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Standard Window Text
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Fontstyle must be set to a monospaced font such as "Courier", "Courier New", "Courier New" or
"Lucida Console". "Courier New" should be available on any version of the Windows operating
system.
<text mywindow>
/ items = ("<%values.outputstring%>")
/ fontstyle = ("Courier New", 3.00%, true, false, false)
/ vjustify = center
/ hjustify = left
/ txcolor = black
/ txbgcolor = transparent
/ erase = false
/ size = (100%, 100%)
</text>
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Highlighted Window Text
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Settings should be identical to those of 'text.mywindow' save for the '/ txcolor' attribute.
<text mywindowhl>
/ items = ("<%values.outputstringhl%>")
/ fontstyle = ("Courier New", 3.00%, true, false, false)
/ vjustify = center
/ hjustify = left
/ txcolor = blue
/ txbgcolor = transparent
/ erase = false
/ size = (100%, 100%)
</text>
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Text Elements for Moving Window Stimuli
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<text mwstims>
/ items = mwstims
</text>
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Layout Elements
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<shape background>
/ shape = rectangle
/ color = white
/ erase = false
/ size = (100%, 100%)
</shape>
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LISTS
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List Elements (Item Selection)
Adapt as needed by modifying the settings in the '/ select' attribute.
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<list mwstims>
/ items = (1, 2)
/ selectionmode = sequence
</list>
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TRIALS
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Get Complete Stimulus & Set Up The Mask & Erase Screen
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<trial getstim>
/ ontrialbegin = [
if(list.mwstims.unselectedcount==0)
values.stopblock=1;
values.inputstring=getitem(text.mwstims, list.mwstims.nextvalue);
values.maskstring=values.inputstring;
list.uppercase.reset();
list.lowercase.reset();
expressions.maskuppercase;
expressions.masklowercase;
values.maskstringhl=values.maskstring;
expressions.maskuppercasehl;
expressions.masklowercasehl;
values.wincount=0;
values.winstart=0;
values.winend=0;
]
/ validresponse = (noresponse)
/ trialduration = 0
/ branch = [trial.MWtrial]
/ recorddata = false
</trial>
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Display Moving Window Stimulus
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<trial MWtrial>
/ ontrialbegin = [expressions.movingwindow]
/ stimulusframes = [1=background, mywindow, mywindowhl]
/ validresponse = (57)
/ branch = [if(values.winend==expressions.inputend)trial.getstim else trial.MWtrial]
</trial>
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BLOCKS
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Cumulative Moving Window Condition
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<block cumulative>
/ preinstructions = (cumulative)
/ onblockbegin = [
parameters.cumulative=true;
list.mwstims.reset();
]
/ stop = [values.stopblock==1]
/ trials = [1=getstim]
/ onblockend = [values.stopblock=0]
</block>
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Noncumulative Moving Window Condition
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<block noncumulative>
/ preinstructions = (noncumulative)
/ onblockbegin = [
parameters.cumulative=false;
list.mwstims.reset();
]
/ stop = [values.stopblock==1]
/ trials = [1=getstim]
/ onblockend = [values.stopblock=0]
</block>
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EXPERIMENT
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<expt MovingWindow>
/ preinstructions = (intro)
/ postinstructions = (end)
/ blocks = [1=cumulative; 2=noncumulative]
/onexptend = [values.completed = 1]