From pauls_postbus at hotmail.com Tue Nov 1 07:54:37 2005 From: pauls_postbus at hotmail.com (Paul Gr) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:54:37 +0100 Subject: in-line code for rounding decimals In-Reply-To: <20051031130613.ur2wftn1q88k4woc@webmail7.isis.unc.edu> Message-ID: Hi Leslie, You can use the Format() function to format all kind of values: c. setAttrib "meanacc", Format$((counter / 15) * 100, "#.##") Best, Paul Groot >From: Leslie Vaughan >To: eprime at mail.talkbank.org >Subject: in-line code for rounding decimals >Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:06:13 -0500 > >Hi, > >We have feedback in a text display object instead of a feedback display >object, and have written in-lines for calculating mean accuracy based on >the number of trials in the block: > >1) for the counter inline > >if numberdisplay.ACC=1 then >counter=counter+1 >Else >counter=counter+0 >end if > >2) for the calculate inline >c. setAttrib "meanacc", (counter / 15) * 100 >c.setAttrib "sumcorr", counter > >E-prime is giving accuracy with 6 decimal places. What inline code can I >use to get it to round to 2 decimal places? Thanks very much, Leslie >Vaughan > From david.coghill at tpct.scot.nhs.uk Tue Nov 1 16:21:55 2005 From: david.coghill at tpct.scot.nhs.uk (David Coghill) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 16:21:55 +0000 Subject: IOWA gambling task again Message-ID: Dear All I work with Dr Seth who recently mailed in regarding this task. When we download it we do get a zip file which contains only a file named four_tokenszip . I unable to see what the file extension is but it does not seem to be an e run script file. Am still unable to load this into e-run can anyone help further and tell me what the simple mistake I am making is? best wishes Dr Dave Coghill Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Centre for Child Health 19 Dudhope Terrace Dundee Scotland DD3 6HH (44) 01382 204004 From macw at mac.com Tue Nov 1 19:40:50 2005 From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 14:40:50 -0500 Subject: IOWA gambling task again In-Reply-To: <433da542fd51.42fd51433da5@tpct.scot.nhs.uk> Message-ID: Dear David, I fixed this last week and posted a message to the list saying that it was fixed. I checked it just now to be double sure and it was indeed just fine. ---Brian MacWhinney On Nov 1, 2005, at 11:21 AM, David Coghill wrote: > Dear All > > I work with Dr Seth who recently mailed in regarding this task. > > When we download it we do get a zip file which contains only a file > named four_tokenszip . I unable to see what the file extension is > but it does not seem to be an e run script file. Am still unable to > load this into e-run can anyone help further and tell me what the > simple mistake I am making is? > > best wishes > > > > > > Dr Dave Coghill > Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent > Psychiatry > Centre for Child Health > 19 Dudhope Terrace > Dundee > Scotland > DD3 6HH > (44) 01382 204004 > > > From hitzig at yorku.ca Wed Nov 2 17:07:25 2005 From: hitzig at yorku.ca (hitzig at yorku.ca) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:07:25 -0500 Subject: Counterbalance 4 lists Message-ID: Hello, I'm someone with relatively poor programming skills and I need to create a simple experiment in E-prime where 4 lists are counterbalanced across conditions. Each item is a presentation of 3 target words (all upper-case) with either leading distractors presented directly under each target (all lower case), misleading distractors (all lower case), or no distractors at all. The order of the items of each list are constant and all I need to record is reaction time. Does anyone have any suggestions for scripts or path I should follow in E-Studio that I could look at as a starting point? I've started looking at the STEP website but nothing has jumped out so far. Thanks for any help anyone can provide. Sander Hitzig From jared.smith at reading.ac.uk Fri Nov 4 09:36:32 2005 From: jared.smith at reading.ac.uk (Jared G Smith) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:36:32 +0000 Subject: Staircase procedure Message-ID: I want to construct an experiment using a staircase procedure to determine a threshold. Specifically, I want to establish the temporal threshold for a temporal-order judgement task (in which participants simply report which of 2 visual stimuli appear first) using multiple staircases. Although I'm considering programming this in C, I'd like to first look at using E-prime. Has anyone used E-prime for this procedure or have an idea of how to do it simply in E-Prime, or does such a method require hard-coding in E-Basic? Would be grateful for any help on this matter. Thanks for that. Jared G Smith Research Fellow School of Psychology University of Reading United Kingdom From dap at wjh.harvard.edu Mon Nov 7 18:17:37 2005 From: dap at wjh.harvard.edu (Diego A. Pizzagalli) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:17:37 -0500 Subject: Post-Doctoral Position in Affective Neuroscience Message-ID: Post-Doctoral Position in Affective Neuroscience A 2 year post-doctoral position is available in the Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, directed by Diego Pizzagalli (http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~daplab). The laboratory is part of Harvard University's Department of Psychology and utilizes various techniques (e.g, fMRI and 128-channel EEG) to study emotional and cognitive processing in both healthy and psychiatric populations, in particular depression. Opportunities will be available to pursue independent research and interdisciplinary collaborations across the Harvard community. Experience with EEG/ERP and/or fMRI techniques as well as clinical training is preferred, but candidates with a strong background in only one of these domains will also be considered. To apply, send a CV, three letters of reference, and a letter describing your research interests to Kyle Ratner (kratner at wjh.harvard.edu). Review of applications will begin immediately. Harvard University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged to apply. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diego A. Pizzagalli, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Harvard University 1220 William James Hall Phone: +1-617-496-8896 33 Kirkland Street Fax: +1-617-495-3728 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Email: dap at wjh.harvard.edu http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~daplab ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From r.l.c.mitchell at reading.ac.uk Tue Nov 8 13:18:24 2005 From: r.l.c.mitchell at reading.ac.uk (Rachel Mitchell) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:18:24 -0000 Subject: FW: Staircase procedure in E-prime Message-ID: Hi everbody. A colleague of mine wishes to programme a staircase procedure for some vision/psychophysical studies, and is interested in the possibility of using E-prime for this. Specifically, he wants to create an experiment using a staircase procedure to determine a threshold by establishing the temporal threshold for a temporal-order judgement task (in which participants simply report which of 2 visual stimuli appear first) using multiple staircases. I wondered if any of you might have experience with using E-prime in this way. Does anyone have any comments or advice? Perhaps even an example of these kind of procedures already set up using E-prime? Many thanks Rachel Mitchell ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Rachel L. C. Mitchell Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, University of Reading. Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry. Research Psychologist, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Correspondence Address: School of Psychology Whiteknights Road University of Reading Reading Berkshire RG6 6AL Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8523 Direct Dial: +44 (0)118 378 7530 Fax: +44 (0)118 378 6715 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From bronwyn.glaser at medecine.unige.ch Tue Nov 8 14:10:01 2005 From: bronwyn.glaser at medecine.unige.ch (Bronwyn Glaser) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:10:01 +0100 Subject: Staircase procedure in E-prime In-Reply-To: <002d01c5e466$e60d5e00$16c7e186@psychology.rdg.ac.uk> Message-ID: Hello, I designed a task that may be useful to you. The subject needed to differentiate between the length of two stimuli, the second of which automatically adjusted in terms of the first (a stimuli that was always 4000ms long) in order to find a time threshold for the participant. In my experiment, there are two blocks that randomly alternate, one that is for the stimuli less than 4000 and the other for the stimuli greater than 4050. Here is an example of the script in the procedure for the stimuli greater than 4050: Below I have pasted some script that may be useful to you: 'If answer is right, decrease Stimulus time on next trial by 50ms If Response. ACC=1 and x>4050 Then x=x-50 'If answer is right and x already =4050, keep x the same ElseIf Response.ACC=1 and x=4050 Then x=4050 'If answer is wrong, increase Stimulus time on next trial by 50ms Else x=x+50 End If With this script, you will need to declare the x globally and reset the attribute for stimulus time equal to x for each trial. I hope this helps, Bronwyn Glaser On 8 nov. 05, at 14:18, Rachel Mitchell wrote: > Hi everbody. > > A colleague of mine wishes to programme a staircase procedure for some > vision/psychophysical studies, and is interested in the possibility > of using > E-prime for this. > Specifically, he wants to create an experiment using a staircase > procedure > to determine a threshold by establishing the temporal threshold for a > temporal-order judgement task (in which participants simply report > which of > 2 visual stimuli appear first) using multiple staircases. > > I wondered if any of you might have experience with using E-prime > in this > way. > Does anyone have any comments or advice? > Perhaps even an example of these kind of procedures already set up > using > E-prime? > > Many thanks > Rachel Mitchell > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Dr Rachel L. C. Mitchell > Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, University of Reading. > Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry. > Research Psychologist, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust. > > Correspondence Address: > School of Psychology > Whiteknights Road > University of Reading > Reading > Berkshire > RG6 6AL > > Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8523 > Direct Dial: +44 (0)118 378 7530 > Fax: +44 (0)118 378 6715 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > > > From sig at ucla.edu Tue Nov 8 23:52:19 2005 From: sig at ucla.edu (Sigi Hale) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:52:19 -0800 Subject: stop signal Message-ID: Does anyone know whether there is an e-prime version of the stop signal task? Cheers, Sigi Hale _________________________ Sigi Hale, Ph.D. UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute sig at ucla.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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(I know he did share it with several research groups in the past.) cheers, Paul Groot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam >From: Sigi Hale >To: eprime at mail.talkbank.org >Subject: stop signal >Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:52:19 -0800 > >Does anyone know whether there is an e-prime version of the stop signal >task? > >Cheers, >Sigi Hale > >_________________________ >Sigi Hale, Ph.D. >UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute >sig at ucla.edu From pauls_postbus at hotmail.com Wed Nov 9 08:55:44 2005 From: pauls_postbus at hotmail.com (Paul Gr) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:55:44 +0100 Subject: FW: Staircase procedure in E-prime In-Reply-To: <002d01c5e466$e60d5e00$16c7e186@psychology.rdg.ac.uk> Message-ID: Hi Rachel, You might take a look at the so called Inspection Time test (IT-test), which I developed some time ago. In this test two vertical lines of different length are draw very briefly. The shorter line is masked after a variable delay by making both lines equal in length. Participants are instructed to choose the longest. The masking delay is increased or decreased in steps of 50 milliseconds by applying a staircase procedure. I don’t have the details of the algorithm available right now, but it is a bit more complex than just increasing or decreasing according to the latest response accuracy. You can download it from http://www.psy.vu.nl/download/menu/ The version on this web-site was developed to test children, so we added some fancy feedback (a growing stack of bubbling fishes.) cheers, Paul >From: "Rachel Mitchell" >To: "Eprime mailing list" >Subject: FW: Staircase procedure in E-prime >Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:18:24 -0000 > > Hi everbody. > >A colleague of mine wishes to programme a staircase procedure for some >vision/psychophysical studies, and is interested in the possibility of >using >E-prime for this. >Specifically, he wants to create an experiment using a staircase procedure >to determine a threshold by establishing the temporal threshold for a >temporal-order judgement task (in which participants simply report which of >2 visual stimuli appear first) using multiple staircases. > >I wondered if any of you might have experience with using E-prime in this >way. >Does anyone have any comments or advice? >Perhaps even an example of these kind of procedures already set up using >E-prime? > >Many thanks >Rachel Mitchell > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Dr Rachel L. C. Mitchell >Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, University of Reading. >Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry. >Research Psychologist, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust. > >Correspondence Address: >School of Psychology >Whiteknights Road >University of Reading >Reading >Berkshire >RG6 6AL > >Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8523 >Direct Dial: +44 (0)118 378 7530 >Fax: +44 (0)118 378 6715 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > From michael.crowley at yale.edu Thu Nov 10 03:50:41 2005 From: michael.crowley at yale.edu (Michael J. Crowley) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:50:41 -0500 Subject: chin rest Message-ID: Dear List, we are looking to purchase chin rests. What should we expect to pay? can anyone recommend some options for us. thank you and best wishes, Mike Crowley Michael J. Crowley, Ph.D. Yale Child Study Center 230 South Frontage Rd. New Haven, CT 06520 Please be aware that email communication can be intercepted in transmission or misdirected. Please consider communicating any sensitive information by telephone, fax or mail. The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately with a copy to hipaa.security at yale.edu and destroy this message. From macw at mac.com Thu Nov 10 23:24:06 2005 From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:24:06 -0500 Subject: thanks to Paul Groot Message-ID: Dear E-Prime List, Paul Groot of the Free University of Amsterdam has contributed two useful scripts to the collection at http://step.psy.cmu.edu/ scripts-plus/ The first is a mouse-drive version of the classic Tower of Hanoi problem. It is called TOHx. The second is a visual staircase procedure called the Inspection Time test. In this test two vertical lines of different length are draw very briefly. The shorter line is masked after a variable delay by making both lines equal in length. Participants are instructed to choose the longest. The masking delay is increased or decreased in steps of 50 milliseconds by applying a staircase procedure. Many thanks to Paul for contributing these scripts. Again, we are continually interested in adding additional interesting scripts to the collection. --Brian MacWhinney, CMU From michael.crowley at yale.edu Fri Nov 11 14:29:41 2005 From: michael.crowley at yale.edu (michael.crowley at yale.edu) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 09:29:41 -0500 Subject: weather prediction task Message-ID: Dear list, I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to share a weather prediction task programmed in eprime. Or, if you know of someone who is has such a program, if you could put me in touch with that person. thank you and best wishes, Mike Crowley Please be aware that email communication can be intercepted in transmission or misdirected. Please consider communicating any sensitive information by telephone, fax or mail. The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately with a copy to hipaa.security at yale.edu and destroy this message. From macw at mac.com Wed Nov 16 22:23:27 2005 From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:23:27 -0500 Subject: E-Kick Message-ID: Dear E-Prime List, Paul Groot of the Free University of Amsterdam has contributed a useful utility to the collection of scripts and utilities at http:// step.psy.cmu.edu/scripts-plus/. It is called E-Kick. This utility can specify start-up information (such as subject number) by using command line parameters. With this utility, you can create batch files for test batteries or you can start E-Prime from another application, such as PowerPoint or Authorware. E-Kick also allows users to specify a custom output location (and filename) for the data files. The latest version also has some support for running user defined subroutines before and after the test. A read-me with more information is included in the attached zip-file. Many thanks to Paul for this useful contribution. --Brian MacWhinney From debbie.gilkey at pstnet.com Wed Nov 16 21:40:08 2005 From: debbie.gilkey at pstnet.com (Debbie Gilkey) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:40:08 -0500 Subject: Software Engineer Position Message-ID: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGY SOFTWARE TOOLS (PST), located in Forest Hills, PA is seeking to fill an ADVANCED LEVEL SOFTWARE ENGINEER position. B.S. in Computer Science required with minimum of 3 years professional experience. MCSD, MCAD or equivalent certifications a plus. Candidate must be highly motivated and capable of working in both team and individual settings. Proficiency in current Windows programming technologies and a strong desire to work with Microsoft development tools is a must. Advanced level skills in C#, .NET, C++, VB, ASP, SQL, XML, strongly desired. PST offers a casual work environment as well as an excellent benefits program. Forward cover letter and resume including salary requirements to: Psychology Software Tools, Inc., 2050 Ardmore Blvd, Suite 200, Attn: Human Resources, Pittsburgh, PA 15221, Fax: 412-271-7077. E-mail:jobs at pstnet.com, http://www.pstnet.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From macw at mac.com Sun Nov 20 00:13:08 2005 From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:13:08 -0500 Subject: Poor man's eye tracker In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear E-Prime List, Paul Groot of the Free University of Amsterdam has contributed another interesting script to the scripts-plus collection at http://step.psy.cmu.edu/scripts-plus/ This script implements a reading test where only a few words are readable, and the rest of the text is masked. The arrow key's can be used to walk through the text. A custom output file is created with detailed timing information. Many thanks to Paul for this contribution. --Brian MacWhinney, CMU From EDavidse at chdr.nl Mon Nov 28 15:17:34 2005 From: EDavidse at chdr.nl (Esther Davidse) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:17:34 +0100 Subject: Question about the STROOP test Message-ID: STROOP test. At CHDR we use E-prime tests. We are currently interested in the STROOP test. I was able to download two versions of the STROOP test from the e-prime website, the original version, from 1935 (interference test) and a more recent one (version 1.1). The tests are very different. We would be interested to use the original version. However, there are some things we prefer from the new version over the old version. Maybe you have had these questions before and hopefully somebody will be able to give me some help with the following issues: 1. In the old version people have to tell which colour they see. These colours need to be recorded by measurement assistants. In the new version of the STROOP test, there is an option where subjects have to enter the colour by pressing a number (e.g. 1 for green, 2 for blue and 3 for red). We would like to use this possibility, so the data collection will be automatically. 2. The old version has a base line measurement (i.e. words presented in black characters and figures presented in colour). The new version doesn't. 3. The new version takes approximately 3.5 min. The old version is much shorter. Our corresponding questions are: - Have you in the past developed a test in the past where you combine the possibility of entering the data electronically in the old version (1.1)? This means that both baselines are measured and the answers are given electronically by the subjects (by pressing a number for a corresponding colour). - If not, can we develop a test where the just mentioned practicalities are combined? - Is it possible to make the test shorter than 3.5 min or has this test been validated for these amount of measurements? - Do you test for colour blindness before taking the test? If not, is it possible to test colour blindness with the test? In the case that we would do that, we would need numbers of normal results of the STROOP test. Do you have these available? Sincerly yours, Esther Davidse E.D.B. Davidse, MSc CNS coordinator Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) Zernikedreef 10 2333 CL Leiden The Netherlands Phone: +31. 71. 5246415 E-mail: EDavidse at CHDR.nl From EDavidse at chdr.nl Mon Nov 28 15:19:22 2005 From: EDavidse at chdr.nl (Esther Davidse) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:19:22 +0100 Subject: Question about Japanes E-prime tests Message-ID: Japanese versions of E-prime tests. At the Centre for Human Drug Research in Leiden (CHDR) the Netherlands,=20 we currently work with Japanese test persons. We would like to know if there 20 are Japanese versions of different e-prime tests. >Is there a Japanese version of Visual Analoque Scale, like the Bond & >Lader test and the Bowdle test? >This would be very helpfull. > >Sincerly yours, > >Esther Davidse > >E.D.B. Davidse, MSc >CNS coordinator=3D20 > >Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) >Zernikedreef 10 >2333 CL Leiden >The Netherlands > >Phone: +31. 71. 5246415 >E-mail: EDavidse at CHDR.nl=20 From leisha at decisionresearch.org Wed Nov 30 20:56:01 2005 From: leisha at decisionresearch.org (Leisha Wharfield) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:56:01 -0800 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? Message-ID: I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion regarding this solution. Thanks for your help (once again), Leisha Wharfield Decision Research Eugene, Oregon, USA From pauls_postbus at hotmail.com Wed Nov 30 21:23:16 2005 From: pauls_postbus at hotmail.com (Paul Gr) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:23:16 +0100 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: <438E11E1.5090700@decisionresearch.org> Message-ID: Leisha, Unfortunately none of the options you mention (copying between es-documents or starting another script from a running experiment) are possible with the current release of EPrime. However, it is possible to run several scripts as one sequence by using a simple batch file. To prevent entering the startup attributes at the start of each script, you could use a small utility called E-Kick, which is available from http://step.psy.cmu.edu/scripts-plus. There is another reason why it is not always possible to combine several scripts into one large one: the basic interpreter has some limitations concerning the size of the script. (See also topic 1300 of the EPrime support knowledge base: http://www.pstnet.com/e-prime/support/kb.asp?TopicID=1300) When you would like to pass runtime information from one script to the other, you could save and reload the required values by using a so called ini-file (see WriteIni and ReadIni functions for details.) best, paul groot >From: Leisha Wharfield >To: E-Prime >Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? >Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:56:01 -0800 > >I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. Can >I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid re-entering the >data & complex nesting of lists? > >Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would need >to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first to the >second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other words, >there's no need for me to return to the original .es. > >Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion regarding >this solution. > >Thanks for your help (once again), > >Leisha Wharfield >Decision Research >Eugene, Oregon, USA > > From paulj at psy.uq.edu.au Wed Nov 30 23:04:49 2005 From: paulj at psy.uq.edu.au (Paul R. Jackson) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:04:49 +1000 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: <438E11E1.5090700@decisionresearch.org> Message-ID: This feature is supposedly coming in E-Prime v2, whenever that is. You can copy and paste some objects between experiments now in V1. Its just very convoluted: Step 1: Open windows explorer in a directory where you can see 2 experiments (*.es). Step 2: Hold down the CTRL key to select both experiments. Step 3: Right Click on one of them and select open. Step 4: You should now have 2 E-Prime windows, one for each experiment. Select an object to copy (eg: open a procedure and select a text display) Step 5: Drag the object down to the windows taskbar and onto the 'other' experiment. This should open maximise that experiment after a second or so delay. Step 6: Continue to drag the object to a procedure in the new experiment. Step 7: ...and there was much rejoicing. :) Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On Behalf > Of Leisha Wharfield > Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 6:56 AM > To: E-Prime > Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? > > I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. > Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid > re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? > > Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would > need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first > to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other > words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. > > Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion > regarding this solution. > > Thanks for your help (once again), > > Leisha Wharfield > Decision Research > Eugene, Oregon, USA From leisha at decisionresearch.org Wed Nov 30 23:18:44 2005 From: leisha at decisionresearch.org (Leisha Wharfield) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:18:44 -0800 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: <000601c5f602$7a05b8d0$05206682@experimental> Message-ID: Wow! I got several replies to my query almost instantly; some say it can be done, some say it can't. I'm going to make copies of my two current files & follow the procedure outlined below by Mr. Jackson--I received two other replies with variations on his method. Thanks much, everyone. I'll let you know if it works. Leisha Paul R. Jackson wrote: >This feature is supposedly coming in E-Prime v2, whenever that is. > >You can copy and paste some objects between experiments now in V1. Its just >very convoluted: > Step 1: Open windows explorer in a directory where you can see 2 >experiments (*.es). > Step 2: Hold down the CTRL key to select both experiments. > Step 3: Right Click on one of them and select open. > Step 4: You should now have 2 E-Prime windows, one for each >experiment. Select an object to copy (eg: open a procedure and select a text >display) > Step 5: Drag the object down to the windows taskbar and onto the >'other' experiment. This should open maximise that experiment after a second >or so delay. > Step 6: Continue to drag the object to a procedure in the new >experiment. > Step 7: ...and there was much rejoicing. > >:) > >Paul > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On Behalf >>Of Leisha Wharfield >>Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 6:56 AM >>To: E-Prime >>Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? >> >>I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. >>Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid >>re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? >> >>Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would >>need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first >>to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other >>words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. >> >>Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion >>regarding this solution. >> >>Thanks for your help (once again), >> >>Leisha Wharfield >>Decision Research >>Eugene, Oregon, USA >> >> > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maxwell.jeff at gmail.com Wed Nov 30 23:24:44 2005 From: maxwell.jeff at gmail.com (Jeff Maxwell) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:24:44 -0600 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: <000601c5f602$7a05b8d0$05206682@experimental> Message-ID: as a quick note of caution, be sure to back up both of your files prior to using this method. i've used it without incident most of the time, but have seriously crashed eprime while dragging and dropping between .es files on more than one occassion -- corrupting both files and rendering them unususable in the process. jeff On 11/30/05, Paul R. Jackson wrote: > > This feature is supposedly coming in E-Prime v2, whenever that is. > > You can copy and paste some objects between experiments now in V1. Its just > very convoluted: > Step 1: Open windows explorer in a directory where you can see 2 > experiments (*.es). > Step 2: Hold down the CTRL key to select both experiments. > Step 3: Right Click on one of them and select open. > Step 4: You should now have 2 E-Prime windows, one for each > experiment. Select an object to copy (eg: open a procedure and select a text > display) > Step 5: Drag the object down to the windows taskbar and onto the > 'other' experiment. This should open maximise that experiment after a second > or so delay. > Step 6: Continue to drag the object to a procedure in the new > experiment. > Step 7: ...and there was much rejoicing. > > :) > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > > From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On Behalf > > Of Leisha Wharfield > > Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 6:56 AM > > To: E-Prime > > Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? > > > > I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. > > Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid > > re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? > > > > Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would > > need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first > > to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other > > words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. > > > > Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion > > regarding this solution. > > > > Thanks for your help (once again), > > > > Leisha Wharfield > > Decision Research > > Eugene, Oregon, USA > > > -- Jeffrey S. Maxwell Laboratory for Brain Imaging & Behavior Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience jsmaxwell at wisc.edu (608) 263 3672 http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/~maxwell/ From leisha at decisionresearch.org Wed Nov 30 23:38:11 2005 From: leisha at decisionresearch.org (Leisha Wharfield) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:38:11 -0800 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: <000601c5f602$7a05b8d0$05206682@experimental> Message-ID: Okay, this is terrific. The funniest thing happened when I tried this method. Copying an intro screen from a procedure in one file to a procedure in another file, on pasting I got a SKULL & CROSSBONES with bright RED EYES and where the name of the object should have been it just said "Missing." What a kick! You've got to love those programmers, right? Whoever is monitoring this maillist from E-Prime can pat that clown on the back for me. He made my day. No pirating of objects is allowed, argh! With my heart full of hope, I tried copying from the Browser window of one experiment and pasting into the Browser window of the other. And there was much bliss & rejoicing. Thanks, Leisha Paul R. Jackson wrote: >This feature is supposedly coming in E-Prime v2, whenever that is. > >You can copy and paste some objects between experiments now in V1. Its just >very convoluted: > Step 1: Open windows explorer in a directory where you can see 2 >experiments (*.es). > Step 2: Hold down the CTRL key to select both experiments. > Step 3: Right Click on one of them and select open. > Step 4: You should now have 2 E-Prime windows, one for each >experiment. Select an object to copy (eg: open a procedure and select a text >display) > Step 5: Drag the object down to the windows taskbar and onto the >'other' experiment. This should open maximise that experiment after a second >or so delay. > Step 6: Continue to drag the object to a procedure in the new >experiment. > Step 7: ...and there was much rejoicing. > >:) > >Paul > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On Behalf >>Of Leisha Wharfield >>Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 6:56 AM >>To: E-Prime >>Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? >> >>I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. >>Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid >>re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? >> >>Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would >>need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first >>to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other >>words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. >> >>Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion >>regarding this solution. >> >>Thanks for your help (once again), >> >>Leisha Wharfield >>Decision Research >>Eugene, Oregon, USA >> >> > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leisha at decisionresearch.org Wed Nov 30 23:38:45 2005 From: leisha at decisionresearch.org (Leisha Wharfield) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:38:45 -0800 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Yikes! Thanks for the tip. Leisha Jeff Maxwell wrote: >as a quick note of caution, be sure to back up both of your files >prior to using this method. i've used it without incident most of the >time, but have seriously crashed eprime while dragging and dropping >between .es files on more than one occassion -- corrupting both files >and rendering them unususable in the process. > >jeff > > >On 11/30/05, Paul R. Jackson wrote: > > >>This feature is supposedly coming in E-Prime v2, whenever that is. >> >>You can copy and paste some objects between experiments now in V1. Its just >>very convoluted: >> Step 1: Open windows explorer in a directory where you can see 2 >>experiments (*.es). >> Step 2: Hold down the CTRL key to select both experiments. >> Step 3: Right Click on one of them and select open. >> Step 4: You should now have 2 E-Prime windows, one for each >>experiment. Select an object to copy (eg: open a procedure and select a text >>display) >> Step 5: Drag the object down to the windows taskbar and onto the >>'other' experiment. This should open maximise that experiment after a second >>or so delay. >> Step 6: Continue to drag the object to a procedure in the new >>experiment. >> Step 7: ...and there was much rejoicing. >> >>:) >> >>Paul >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On Behalf >>>Of Leisha Wharfield >>>Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 6:56 AM >>>To: E-Prime >>>Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? >>> >>>I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. >>>Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid >>>re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? >>> >>>Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would >>>need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first >>>to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other >>>words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. >>> >>>Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion >>>regarding this solution. >>> >>>Thanks for your help (once again), >>> >>>Leisha Wharfield >>>Decision Research >>>Eugene, Oregon, USA >>> >>> >> >> >> > > >-- >Jeffrey S. Maxwell >Laboratory for Brain Imaging & Behavior >Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience >jsmaxwell at wisc.edu >(608) 263 3672 >http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/~maxwell/ > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pauls_postbus at hotmail.com Tue Nov 1 07:54:37 2005 From: pauls_postbus at hotmail.com (Paul Gr) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:54:37 +0100 Subject: in-line code for rounding decimals In-Reply-To: <20051031130613.ur2wftn1q88k4woc@webmail7.isis.unc.edu> Message-ID: Hi Leslie, You can use the Format() function to format all kind of values: c. setAttrib "meanacc", Format$((counter / 15) * 100, "#.##") Best, Paul Groot >From: Leslie Vaughan >To: eprime at mail.talkbank.org >Subject: in-line code for rounding decimals >Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:06:13 -0500 > >Hi, > >We have feedback in a text display object instead of a feedback display >object, and have written in-lines for calculating mean accuracy based on >the number of trials in the block: > >1) for the counter inline > >if numberdisplay.ACC=1 then >counter=counter+1 >Else >counter=counter+0 >end if > >2) for the calculate inline >c. setAttrib "meanacc", (counter / 15) * 100 >c.setAttrib "sumcorr", counter > >E-prime is giving accuracy with 6 decimal places. What inline code can I >use to get it to round to 2 decimal places? Thanks very much, Leslie >Vaughan > From david.coghill at tpct.scot.nhs.uk Tue Nov 1 16:21:55 2005 From: david.coghill at tpct.scot.nhs.uk (David Coghill) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 16:21:55 +0000 Subject: IOWA gambling task again Message-ID: Dear All I work with Dr Seth who recently mailed in regarding this task. When we download it we do get a zip file which contains only a file named four_tokenszip . I unable to see what the file extension is but it does not seem to be an e run script file. Am still unable to load this into e-run can anyone help further and tell me what the simple mistake I am making is? best wishes Dr Dave Coghill Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Centre for Child Health 19 Dudhope Terrace Dundee Scotland DD3 6HH (44) 01382 204004 From macw at mac.com Tue Nov 1 19:40:50 2005 From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 14:40:50 -0500 Subject: IOWA gambling task again In-Reply-To: <433da542fd51.42fd51433da5@tpct.scot.nhs.uk> Message-ID: Dear David, I fixed this last week and posted a message to the list saying that it was fixed. I checked it just now to be double sure and it was indeed just fine. ---Brian MacWhinney On Nov 1, 2005, at 11:21 AM, David Coghill wrote: > Dear All > > I work with Dr Seth who recently mailed in regarding this task. > > When we download it we do get a zip file which contains only a file > named four_tokenszip . I unable to see what the file extension is > but it does not seem to be an e run script file. Am still unable to > load this into e-run can anyone help further and tell me what the > simple mistake I am making is? > > best wishes > > > > > > Dr Dave Coghill > Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent > Psychiatry > Centre for Child Health > 19 Dudhope Terrace > Dundee > Scotland > DD3 6HH > (44) 01382 204004 > > > From hitzig at yorku.ca Wed Nov 2 17:07:25 2005 From: hitzig at yorku.ca (hitzig at yorku.ca) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:07:25 -0500 Subject: Counterbalance 4 lists Message-ID: Hello, I'm someone with relatively poor programming skills and I need to create a simple experiment in E-prime where 4 lists are counterbalanced across conditions. Each item is a presentation of 3 target words (all upper-case) with either leading distractors presented directly under each target (all lower case), misleading distractors (all lower case), or no distractors at all. The order of the items of each list are constant and all I need to record is reaction time. Does anyone have any suggestions for scripts or path I should follow in E-Studio that I could look at as a starting point? I've started looking at the STEP website but nothing has jumped out so far. Thanks for any help anyone can provide. Sander Hitzig From jared.smith at reading.ac.uk Fri Nov 4 09:36:32 2005 From: jared.smith at reading.ac.uk (Jared G Smith) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:36:32 +0000 Subject: Staircase procedure Message-ID: I want to construct an experiment using a staircase procedure to determine a threshold. Specifically, I want to establish the temporal threshold for a temporal-order judgement task (in which participants simply report which of 2 visual stimuli appear first) using multiple staircases. Although I'm considering programming this in C, I'd like to first look at using E-prime. Has anyone used E-prime for this procedure or have an idea of how to do it simply in E-Prime, or does such a method require hard-coding in E-Basic? Would be grateful for any help on this matter. Thanks for that. Jared G Smith Research Fellow School of Psychology University of Reading United Kingdom From dap at wjh.harvard.edu Mon Nov 7 18:17:37 2005 From: dap at wjh.harvard.edu (Diego A. Pizzagalli) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:17:37 -0500 Subject: Post-Doctoral Position in Affective Neuroscience Message-ID: Post-Doctoral Position in Affective Neuroscience A 2 year post-doctoral position is available in the Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, directed by Diego Pizzagalli (http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~daplab). The laboratory is part of Harvard University's Department of Psychology and utilizes various techniques (e.g, fMRI and 128-channel EEG) to study emotional and cognitive processing in both healthy and psychiatric populations, in particular depression. Opportunities will be available to pursue independent research and interdisciplinary collaborations across the Harvard community. Experience with EEG/ERP and/or fMRI techniques as well as clinical training is preferred, but candidates with a strong background in only one of these domains will also be considered. To apply, send a CV, three letters of reference, and a letter describing your research interests to Kyle Ratner (kratner at wjh.harvard.edu). Review of applications will begin immediately. Harvard University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged to apply. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diego A. Pizzagalli, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Harvard University 1220 William James Hall Phone: +1-617-496-8896 33 Kirkland Street Fax: +1-617-495-3728 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Email: dap at wjh.harvard.edu http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~daplab ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From r.l.c.mitchell at reading.ac.uk Tue Nov 8 13:18:24 2005 From: r.l.c.mitchell at reading.ac.uk (Rachel Mitchell) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:18:24 -0000 Subject: FW: Staircase procedure in E-prime Message-ID: Hi everbody. A colleague of mine wishes to programme a staircase procedure for some vision/psychophysical studies, and is interested in the possibility of using E-prime for this. Specifically, he wants to create an experiment using a staircase procedure to determine a threshold by establishing the temporal threshold for a temporal-order judgement task (in which participants simply report which of 2 visual stimuli appear first) using multiple staircases. I wondered if any of you might have experience with using E-prime in this way. Does anyone have any comments or advice? Perhaps even an example of these kind of procedures already set up using E-prime? Many thanks Rachel Mitchell ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Rachel L. C. Mitchell Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, University of Reading. Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry. Research Psychologist, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Correspondence Address: School of Psychology Whiteknights Road University of Reading Reading Berkshire RG6 6AL Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8523 Direct Dial: +44 (0)118 378 7530 Fax: +44 (0)118 378 6715 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From bronwyn.glaser at medecine.unige.ch Tue Nov 8 14:10:01 2005 From: bronwyn.glaser at medecine.unige.ch (Bronwyn Glaser) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:10:01 +0100 Subject: Staircase procedure in E-prime In-Reply-To: <002d01c5e466$e60d5e00$16c7e186@psychology.rdg.ac.uk> Message-ID: Hello, I designed a task that may be useful to you. The subject needed to differentiate between the length of two stimuli, the second of which automatically adjusted in terms of the first (a stimuli that was always 4000ms long) in order to find a time threshold for the participant. In my experiment, there are two blocks that randomly alternate, one that is for the stimuli less than 4000 and the other for the stimuli greater than 4050. Here is an example of the script in the procedure for the stimuli greater than 4050: Below I have pasted some script that may be useful to you: 'If answer is right, decrease Stimulus time on next trial by 50ms If Response. ACC=1 and x>4050 Then x=x-50 'If answer is right and x already =4050, keep x the same ElseIf Response.ACC=1 and x=4050 Then x=4050 'If answer is wrong, increase Stimulus time on next trial by 50ms Else x=x+50 End If With this script, you will need to declare the x globally and reset the attribute for stimulus time equal to x for each trial. I hope this helps, Bronwyn Glaser On 8 nov. 05, at 14:18, Rachel Mitchell wrote: > Hi everbody. > > A colleague of mine wishes to programme a staircase procedure for some > vision/psychophysical studies, and is interested in the possibility > of using > E-prime for this. > Specifically, he wants to create an experiment using a staircase > procedure > to determine a threshold by establishing the temporal threshold for a > temporal-order judgement task (in which participants simply report > which of > 2 visual stimuli appear first) using multiple staircases. > > I wondered if any of you might have experience with using E-prime > in this > way. > Does anyone have any comments or advice? > Perhaps even an example of these kind of procedures already set up > using > E-prime? > > Many thanks > Rachel Mitchell > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > Dr Rachel L. C. Mitchell > Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, University of Reading. > Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry. > Research Psychologist, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust. > > Correspondence Address: > School of Psychology > Whiteknights Road > University of Reading > Reading > Berkshire > RG6 6AL > > Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8523 > Direct Dial: +44 (0)118 378 7530 > Fax: +44 (0)118 378 6715 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > > > From sig at ucla.edu Tue Nov 8 23:52:19 2005 From: sig at ucla.edu (Sigi Hale) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:52:19 -0800 Subject: stop signal Message-ID: Does anyone know whether there is an e-prime version of the stop signal task? Cheers, Sigi Hale _________________________ Sigi Hale, Ph.D. UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute sig at ucla.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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(I know he did share it with several research groups in the past.) cheers, Paul Groot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam >From: Sigi Hale >To: eprime at mail.talkbank.org >Subject: stop signal >Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:52:19 -0800 > >Does anyone know whether there is an e-prime version of the stop signal >task? > >Cheers, >Sigi Hale > >_________________________ >Sigi Hale, Ph.D. >UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute >sig at ucla.edu From pauls_postbus at hotmail.com Wed Nov 9 08:55:44 2005 From: pauls_postbus at hotmail.com (Paul Gr) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 09:55:44 +0100 Subject: FW: Staircase procedure in E-prime In-Reply-To: <002d01c5e466$e60d5e00$16c7e186@psychology.rdg.ac.uk> Message-ID: Hi Rachel, You might take a look at the so called Inspection Time test (IT-test), which I developed some time ago. In this test two vertical lines of different length are draw very briefly. The shorter line is masked after a variable delay by making both lines equal in length. Participants are instructed to choose the longest. The masking delay is increased or decreased in steps of 50 milliseconds by applying a staircase procedure. I don?t have the details of the algorithm available right now, but it is a bit more complex than just increasing or decreasing according to the latest response accuracy. You can download it from http://www.psy.vu.nl/download/menu/ The version on this web-site was developed to test children, so we added some fancy feedback (a growing stack of bubbling fishes.) cheers, Paul >From: "Rachel Mitchell" >To: "Eprime mailing list" >Subject: FW: Staircase procedure in E-prime >Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:18:24 -0000 > > Hi everbody. > >A colleague of mine wishes to programme a staircase procedure for some >vision/psychophysical studies, and is interested in the possibility of >using >E-prime for this. >Specifically, he wants to create an experiment using a staircase procedure >to determine a threshold by establishing the temporal threshold for a >temporal-order judgement task (in which participants simply report which of >2 visual stimuli appear first) using multiple staircases. > >I wondered if any of you might have experience with using E-prime in this >way. >Does anyone have any comments or advice? >Perhaps even an example of these kind of procedures already set up using >E-prime? > >Many thanks >Rachel Mitchell > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Dr Rachel L. C. Mitchell >Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology, University of Reading. >Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry. >Research Psychologist, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust. > >Correspondence Address: >School of Psychology >Whiteknights Road >University of Reading >Reading >Berkshire >RG6 6AL > >Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8523 >Direct Dial: +44 (0)118 378 7530 >Fax: +44 (0)118 378 6715 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > From michael.crowley at yale.edu Thu Nov 10 03:50:41 2005 From: michael.crowley at yale.edu (Michael J. Crowley) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:50:41 -0500 Subject: chin rest Message-ID: Dear List, we are looking to purchase chin rests. What should we expect to pay? can anyone recommend some options for us. thank you and best wishes, Mike Crowley Michael J. Crowley, Ph.D. Yale Child Study Center 230 South Frontage Rd. New Haven, CT 06520 Please be aware that email communication can be intercepted in transmission or misdirected. Please consider communicating any sensitive information by telephone, fax or mail. The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately with a copy to hipaa.security at yale.edu and destroy this message. From macw at mac.com Thu Nov 10 23:24:06 2005 From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:24:06 -0500 Subject: thanks to Paul Groot Message-ID: Dear E-Prime List, Paul Groot of the Free University of Amsterdam has contributed two useful scripts to the collection at http://step.psy.cmu.edu/ scripts-plus/ The first is a mouse-drive version of the classic Tower of Hanoi problem. It is called TOHx. The second is a visual staircase procedure called the Inspection Time test. In this test two vertical lines of different length are draw very briefly. The shorter line is masked after a variable delay by making both lines equal in length. Participants are instructed to choose the longest. The masking delay is increased or decreased in steps of 50 milliseconds by applying a staircase procedure. Many thanks to Paul for contributing these scripts. Again, we are continually interested in adding additional interesting scripts to the collection. --Brian MacWhinney, CMU From michael.crowley at yale.edu Fri Nov 11 14:29:41 2005 From: michael.crowley at yale.edu (michael.crowley at yale.edu) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 09:29:41 -0500 Subject: weather prediction task Message-ID: Dear list, I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to share a weather prediction task programmed in eprime. Or, if you know of someone who is has such a program, if you could put me in touch with that person. thank you and best wishes, Mike Crowley Please be aware that email communication can be intercepted in transmission or misdirected. Please consider communicating any sensitive information by telephone, fax or mail. The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential. If you are NOT the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately with a copy to hipaa.security at yale.edu and destroy this message. From macw at mac.com Wed Nov 16 22:23:27 2005 From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:23:27 -0500 Subject: E-Kick Message-ID: Dear E-Prime List, Paul Groot of the Free University of Amsterdam has contributed a useful utility to the collection of scripts and utilities at http:// step.psy.cmu.edu/scripts-plus/. It is called E-Kick. This utility can specify start-up information (such as subject number) by using command line parameters. With this utility, you can create batch files for test batteries or you can start E-Prime from another application, such as PowerPoint or Authorware. E-Kick also allows users to specify a custom output location (and filename) for the data files. The latest version also has some support for running user defined subroutines before and after the test. A read-me with more information is included in the attached zip-file. Many thanks to Paul for this useful contribution. --Brian MacWhinney From debbie.gilkey at pstnet.com Wed Nov 16 21:40:08 2005 From: debbie.gilkey at pstnet.com (Debbie Gilkey) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:40:08 -0500 Subject: Software Engineer Position Message-ID: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGY SOFTWARE TOOLS (PST), located in Forest Hills, PA is seeking to fill an ADVANCED LEVEL SOFTWARE ENGINEER position. B.S. in Computer Science required with minimum of 3 years professional experience. MCSD, MCAD or equivalent certifications a plus. Candidate must be highly motivated and capable of working in both team and individual settings. Proficiency in current Windows programming technologies and a strong desire to work with Microsoft development tools is a must. Advanced level skills in C#, .NET, C++, VB, ASP, SQL, XML, strongly desired. PST offers a casual work environment as well as an excellent benefits program. Forward cover letter and resume including salary requirements to: Psychology Software Tools, Inc., 2050 Ardmore Blvd, Suite 200, Attn: Human Resources, Pittsburgh, PA 15221, Fax: 412-271-7077. E-mail:jobs at pstnet.com, http://www.pstnet.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From macw at mac.com Sun Nov 20 00:13:08 2005 From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:13:08 -0500 Subject: Poor man's eye tracker In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear E-Prime List, Paul Groot of the Free University of Amsterdam has contributed another interesting script to the scripts-plus collection at http://step.psy.cmu.edu/scripts-plus/ This script implements a reading test where only a few words are readable, and the rest of the text is masked. The arrow key's can be used to walk through the text. A custom output file is created with detailed timing information. Many thanks to Paul for this contribution. --Brian MacWhinney, CMU From EDavidse at chdr.nl Mon Nov 28 15:17:34 2005 From: EDavidse at chdr.nl (Esther Davidse) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:17:34 +0100 Subject: Question about the STROOP test Message-ID: STROOP test. At CHDR we use E-prime tests. We are currently interested in the STROOP test. I was able to download two versions of the STROOP test from the e-prime website, the original version, from 1935 (interference test) and a more recent one (version 1.1). The tests are very different. We would be interested to use the original version. However, there are some things we prefer from the new version over the old version. Maybe you have had these questions before and hopefully somebody will be able to give me some help with the following issues: 1. In the old version people have to tell which colour they see. These colours need to be recorded by measurement assistants. In the new version of the STROOP test, there is an option where subjects have to enter the colour by pressing a number (e.g. 1 for green, 2 for blue and 3 for red). We would like to use this possibility, so the data collection will be automatically. 2. The old version has a base line measurement (i.e. words presented in black characters and figures presented in colour). The new version doesn't. 3. The new version takes approximately 3.5 min. The old version is much shorter. Our corresponding questions are: - Have you in the past developed a test in the past where you combine the possibility of entering the data electronically in the old version (1.1)? This means that both baselines are measured and the answers are given electronically by the subjects (by pressing a number for a corresponding colour). - If not, can we develop a test where the just mentioned practicalities are combined? - Is it possible to make the test shorter than 3.5 min or has this test been validated for these amount of measurements? - Do you test for colour blindness before taking the test? If not, is it possible to test colour blindness with the test? In the case that we would do that, we would need numbers of normal results of the STROOP test. Do you have these available? Sincerly yours, Esther Davidse E.D.B. Davidse, MSc CNS coordinator Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) Zernikedreef 10 2333 CL Leiden The Netherlands Phone: +31. 71. 5246415 E-mail: EDavidse at CHDR.nl From EDavidse at chdr.nl Mon Nov 28 15:19:22 2005 From: EDavidse at chdr.nl (Esther Davidse) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:19:22 +0100 Subject: Question about Japanes E-prime tests Message-ID: Japanese versions of E-prime tests. At the Centre for Human Drug Research in Leiden (CHDR) the Netherlands,=20 we currently work with Japanese test persons. We would like to know if there 20 are Japanese versions of different e-prime tests. >Is there a Japanese version of Visual Analoque Scale, like the Bond & >Lader test and the Bowdle test? >This would be very helpfull. > >Sincerly yours, > >Esther Davidse > >E.D.B. Davidse, MSc >CNS coordinator=3D20 > >Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) >Zernikedreef 10 >2333 CL Leiden >The Netherlands > >Phone: +31. 71. 5246415 >E-mail: EDavidse at CHDR.nl=20 From leisha at decisionresearch.org Wed Nov 30 20:56:01 2005 From: leisha at decisionresearch.org (Leisha Wharfield) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:56:01 -0800 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? Message-ID: I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion regarding this solution. Thanks for your help (once again), Leisha Wharfield Decision Research Eugene, Oregon, USA From pauls_postbus at hotmail.com Wed Nov 30 21:23:16 2005 From: pauls_postbus at hotmail.com (Paul Gr) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:23:16 +0100 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: <438E11E1.5090700@decisionresearch.org> Message-ID: Leisha, Unfortunately none of the options you mention (copying between es-documents or starting another script from a running experiment) are possible with the current release of EPrime. However, it is possible to run several scripts as one sequence by using a simple batch file. To prevent entering the startup attributes at the start of each script, you could use a small utility called E-Kick, which is available from http://step.psy.cmu.edu/scripts-plus. There is another reason why it is not always possible to combine several scripts into one large one: the basic interpreter has some limitations concerning the size of the script. (See also topic 1300 of the EPrime support knowledge base: http://www.pstnet.com/e-prime/support/kb.asp?TopicID=1300) When you would like to pass runtime information from one script to the other, you could save and reload the required values by using a so called ini-file (see WriteIni and ReadIni functions for details.) best, paul groot >From: Leisha Wharfield >To: E-Prime >Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? >Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:56:01 -0800 > >I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. Can >I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid re-entering the >data & complex nesting of lists? > >Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would need >to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first to the >second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other words, >there's no need for me to return to the original .es. > >Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion regarding >this solution. > >Thanks for your help (once again), > >Leisha Wharfield >Decision Research >Eugene, Oregon, USA > > From paulj at psy.uq.edu.au Wed Nov 30 23:04:49 2005 From: paulj at psy.uq.edu.au (Paul R. Jackson) Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:04:49 +1000 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: <438E11E1.5090700@decisionresearch.org> Message-ID: This feature is supposedly coming in E-Prime v2, whenever that is. You can copy and paste some objects between experiments now in V1. Its just very convoluted: Step 1: Open windows explorer in a directory where you can see 2 experiments (*.es). Step 2: Hold down the CTRL key to select both experiments. Step 3: Right Click on one of them and select open. Step 4: You should now have 2 E-Prime windows, one for each experiment. Select an object to copy (eg: open a procedure and select a text display) Step 5: Drag the object down to the windows taskbar and onto the 'other' experiment. This should open maximise that experiment after a second or so delay. Step 6: Continue to drag the object to a procedure in the new experiment. Step 7: ...and there was much rejoicing. :) Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On Behalf > Of Leisha Wharfield > Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 6:56 AM > To: E-Prime > Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? > > I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. > Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid > re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? > > Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would > need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first > to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other > words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. > > Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion > regarding this solution. > > Thanks for your help (once again), > > Leisha Wharfield > Decision Research > Eugene, Oregon, USA From leisha at decisionresearch.org Wed Nov 30 23:18:44 2005 From: leisha at decisionresearch.org (Leisha Wharfield) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:18:44 -0800 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: <000601c5f602$7a05b8d0$05206682@experimental> Message-ID: Wow! I got several replies to my query almost instantly; some say it can be done, some say it can't. I'm going to make copies of my two current files & follow the procedure outlined below by Mr. Jackson--I received two other replies with variations on his method. Thanks much, everyone. I'll let you know if it works. Leisha Paul R. Jackson wrote: >This feature is supposedly coming in E-Prime v2, whenever that is. > >You can copy and paste some objects between experiments now in V1. Its just >very convoluted: > Step 1: Open windows explorer in a directory where you can see 2 >experiments (*.es). > Step 2: Hold down the CTRL key to select both experiments. > Step 3: Right Click on one of them and select open. > Step 4: You should now have 2 E-Prime windows, one for each >experiment. Select an object to copy (eg: open a procedure and select a text >display) > Step 5: Drag the object down to the windows taskbar and onto the >'other' experiment. This should open maximise that experiment after a second >or so delay. > Step 6: Continue to drag the object to a procedure in the new >experiment. > Step 7: ...and there was much rejoicing. > >:) > >Paul > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On Behalf >>Of Leisha Wharfield >>Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 6:56 AM >>To: E-Prime >>Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? >> >>I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. >>Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid >>re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? >> >>Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would >>need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first >>to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other >>words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. >> >>Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion >>regarding this solution. >> >>Thanks for your help (once again), >> >>Leisha Wharfield >>Decision Research >>Eugene, Oregon, USA >> >> > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maxwell.jeff at gmail.com Wed Nov 30 23:24:44 2005 From: maxwell.jeff at gmail.com (Jeff Maxwell) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:24:44 -0600 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: <000601c5f602$7a05b8d0$05206682@experimental> Message-ID: as a quick note of caution, be sure to back up both of your files prior to using this method. i've used it without incident most of the time, but have seriously crashed eprime while dragging and dropping between .es files on more than one occassion -- corrupting both files and rendering them unususable in the process. jeff On 11/30/05, Paul R. Jackson wrote: > > This feature is supposedly coming in E-Prime v2, whenever that is. > > You can copy and paste some objects between experiments now in V1. Its just > very convoluted: > Step 1: Open windows explorer in a directory where you can see 2 > experiments (*.es). > Step 2: Hold down the CTRL key to select both experiments. > Step 3: Right Click on one of them and select open. > Step 4: You should now have 2 E-Prime windows, one for each > experiment. Select an object to copy (eg: open a procedure and select a text > display) > Step 5: Drag the object down to the windows taskbar and onto the > 'other' experiment. This should open maximise that experiment after a second > or so delay. > Step 6: Continue to drag the object to a procedure in the new > experiment. > Step 7: ...and there was much rejoicing. > > :) > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > > From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On Behalf > > Of Leisha Wharfield > > Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 6:56 AM > > To: E-Prime > > Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? > > > > I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. > > Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid > > re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? > > > > Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would > > need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first > > to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other > > words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. > > > > Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion > > regarding this solution. > > > > Thanks for your help (once again), > > > > Leisha Wharfield > > Decision Research > > Eugene, Oregon, USA > > > -- Jeffrey S. Maxwell Laboratory for Brain Imaging & Behavior Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience jsmaxwell at wisc.edu (608) 263 3672 http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/~maxwell/ From leisha at decisionresearch.org Wed Nov 30 23:38:11 2005 From: leisha at decisionresearch.org (Leisha Wharfield) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:38:11 -0800 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: <000601c5f602$7a05b8d0$05206682@experimental> Message-ID: Okay, this is terrific. The funniest thing happened when I tried this method. Copying an intro screen from a procedure in one file to a procedure in another file, on pasting I got a SKULL & CROSSBONES with bright RED EYES and where the name of the object should have been it just said "Missing." What a kick! You've got to love those programmers, right? Whoever is monitoring this maillist from E-Prime can pat that clown on the back for me. He made my day. No pirating of objects is allowed, argh! With my heart full of hope, I tried copying from the Browser window of one experiment and pasting into the Browser window of the other. And there was much bliss & rejoicing. Thanks, Leisha Paul R. Jackson wrote: >This feature is supposedly coming in E-Prime v2, whenever that is. > >You can copy and paste some objects between experiments now in V1. Its just >very convoluted: > Step 1: Open windows explorer in a directory where you can see 2 >experiments (*.es). > Step 2: Hold down the CTRL key to select both experiments. > Step 3: Right Click on one of them and select open. > Step 4: You should now have 2 E-Prime windows, one for each >experiment. Select an object to copy (eg: open a procedure and select a text >display) > Step 5: Drag the object down to the windows taskbar and onto the >'other' experiment. This should open maximise that experiment after a second >or so delay. > Step 6: Continue to drag the object to a procedure in the new >experiment. > Step 7: ...and there was much rejoicing. > >:) > >Paul > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On Behalf >>Of Leisha Wharfield >>Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 6:56 AM >>To: E-Prime >>Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? >> >>I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. >>Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid >>re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? >> >>Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would >>need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first >>to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other >>words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. >> >>Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion >>regarding this solution. >> >>Thanks for your help (once again), >> >>Leisha Wharfield >>Decision Research >>Eugene, Oregon, USA >> >> > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leisha at decisionresearch.org Wed Nov 30 23:38:45 2005 From: leisha at decisionresearch.org (Leisha Wharfield) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:38:45 -0800 Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Yikes! Thanks for the tip. Leisha Jeff Maxwell wrote: >as a quick note of caution, be sure to back up both of your files >prior to using this method. i've used it without incident most of the >time, but have seriously crashed eprime while dragging and dropping >between .es files on more than one occassion -- corrupting both files >and rendering them unususable in the process. > >jeff > > >On 11/30/05, Paul R. Jackson wrote: > > >>This feature is supposedly coming in E-Prime v2, whenever that is. >> >>You can copy and paste some objects between experiments now in V1. Its just >>very convoluted: >> Step 1: Open windows explorer in a directory where you can see 2 >>experiments (*.es). >> Step 2: Hold down the CTRL key to select both experiments. >> Step 3: Right Click on one of them and select open. >> Step 4: You should now have 2 E-Prime windows, one for each >>experiment. Select an object to copy (eg: open a procedure and select a text >>display) >> Step 5: Drag the object down to the windows taskbar and onto the >>'other' experiment. This should open maximise that experiment after a second >>or so delay. >> Step 6: Continue to drag the object to a procedure in the new >>experiment. >> Step 7: ...and there was much rejoicing. >> >>:) >> >>Paul >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: eprime at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:eprime at mail.talkbank.org] On Behalf >>>Of Leisha Wharfield >>>Sent: Thursday, 1 December 2005 6:56 AM >>>To: E-Prime >>>Subject: Copy objects from one experiment to another? >>> >>>I added a new procedure to a superseded version of my experiment file. >>>Can I copy objects from one experiment file to another to avoid >>>re-entering the data & complex nesting of lists? >>> >>>Alternatively, is it easy to launch one .es file from another? I would >>>need to carry the subject number and one other attribute from the first >>>to the second .es file, which would also be the final .es file--in other >>>words, there's no need for me to return to the original .es. >>> >>>Has anyone done this? I think I recall some previous discussion >>>regarding this solution. >>> >>>Thanks for your help (once again), >>> >>>Leisha Wharfield >>>Decision Research >>>Eugene, Oregon, USA >>> >>> >> >> >> > > >-- >Jeffrey S. Maxwell >Laboratory for Brain Imaging & Behavior >Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience >jsmaxwell at wisc.edu >(608) 263 3672 >http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/~maxwell/ > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: