<div dir="ltr"><p>Hi Dear,<br>I'm a more than a begginer in using e-prime and I need to build a stop signal task to have a measure of impulsivity.<br>I have done the first part and it seems working but I don't know how I can insert the sound and change the correctanswer after it. Could you help me please</p><p>Thank you, best wish</p><p>Elena<br>Il giorno mercoledì 29 aprile 2009 18:39:23 UTC+1, katherine ha scritto:</p><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="gmail_quote">Hello Everyone,
<br>
<br>I would be very grateful if you could help me with a task I am
<br>programming. I am having a problem with a Stop Signal (Go-NoGo) Task.
<br>
<br>This task has two conditions - Go (with two stimuli: < and >) and No
<br>Go (Stop Trial) (also with stimuli: < and >). Each trial is timed to a
<br>trigger from our scanner, which comes every 2.8 seconds. Each trial
<br>lasts for two trigger periods (5.6 seconds). The Go condition is
<br>working fine. The subject sees a "ready" crosshair for 500ms, then has
<br>900ms to respond to a stimulus prior to a feedback slide. In the Stop
<br>condition the subject sees a "ready" crosshair for 500ms, sees a
<br>stimulus, and hears a beep ("sound delay") shortly after the
<br>presentation of the stimulus, which cues them to inhibit their
<br>response. The timing of the presentation of the beep is dependent upon
<br>a staircase. As the accuracy of the subject's responses on the Stop
<br>Trials increases the time between the presentation of the stimuli and
<br>beep should also increase. As accuracy decreases, the time should also
<br>decrease. The goal is to keep the subject's accuracy around 50%. At
<br>the beginning of the task the experimenter enters the starting time of
<br>the beep presentation, based on the ending time from the subjects
<br>practice run (hopefully already close to 50%).
<br>
<br>I am having two problems with the script as it currently stands.
<br>First, I am trying to set up the No Go portion (Stop Trial) of the
<br>task so that it lasts for two trigger periods. Currently, if a subject
<br>mistakenly responds on a No Go trial the "TrialBlankEnd2" display is
<br>skipped. "TrialBlankEnd2" is a blank 1200ms display which is used to
<br>lengthen the duration of the trial in order to ensure the trial lasts
<br>for two trigger periods. If "" is skipped the next trial starts after
<br>only one trigger period.
<br>
<br>I tried to achieve the same effct by using a "sleep" command, using
<br>the following code:
<br>
<br>c.SetAttrib "StimSlide2.ACC", StimSlide2.ACC
<br>If StimSlide2.ACC = 0 Then
<br>sleep (1300)
<br>End If
<br>
<br>I tried to insert this code in an inline file after "sound delay," but
<br>it seems that when this code is implemented StimSlide2.ACC is always
<br>set to zero, instead of set to 1 (which it should be set to when the
<br>person correctly inhibits) The result is that the staircases I've set
<br>up do not work.
<br>
<br>What I'm looking for is a way to ensure that no matter what the
<br>subject's response on a Stop Trial, the next trial does not start
<br>until two trigger periods have elasped (5.6sec). If "TrialBlankEnd2"
<br>is skipped, the next trial starts after one trigger period (2.8sec).
<br>If I use a sleep command, it seems to throw off the accuracy count (on
<br>which the staircasing is dependent).
<br>
<br>It seems as though the script is set up correctly for the most part.
<br>The staircases do work when the accuracy count works. Is there a
<br>better way to set up The Stop trials that will ensure that the trials
<br>have "blank time" on the end and that the accuracy counts are
<br>accurate?
<br>
<br>Thank you very much for your help with this. I appreciate it.
<br>
<br>Katherine Koenig</blockquote></div>
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