Cumulative timing issue

[Paul Gr]

hi Leisha,

Just set the 'exit list' property of the corresponding List object to 
terminate after 10 seconds. You can find this property on the Reset/Exit 
tab.


best,
Paul Groot
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

>From: Leisha Wharfield <leisha at decisionresearch.org>
>To: 'E-Prime' <eprime at mail.talkbank.org>
>Subject: Cumulative timing issue
>Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:36:42 -0700
>
>Hi, everyone,
>
>This problem is a little different from any I could find in the archives. I 
>have a distraction task that must terminate after 10 seconds. It can run as 
>many times as necessary, but must terminate after 10 seconds. One of two 
>sounds is played randomly with replacement, with a wait of .5-1.5 seconds 
>in between. Subjects respond to the sound by pushing one of two buttons.
>
>I think I want to check the cumulative time of the task after each button 
>press, and terminate the procedure if it's > 10 seconds. Is that the 
>correct approach? What is the simplest way to do this?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Leisha Wharfield
>Decision Research
>Eugene, Oregon, USA
>
>