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Kim Goodyear
Oct 8, 2013, 10:00:20 PM10/8/13
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I am trying to have two sequential slides that are equal to one time duration of 2500 ms. The first slide and the second slide are completely identical, except in the second slide the text color changes to red so that the participant can see their selection, I want the first slide to terminate and then have the second slide come up so that they both equal the same 2500 ms. Since the response time will vary I don't know how to make both slides equal to the same 2500. I don't know why, but if the buttons aren't selected right away, the total duration is around 5000, or if there is a delay in the response, the total duration is around 4200. I am not sure how to fix this issue, any advice would be great. Here is my inline script:
Dim ResetSlide as integer
Dim x as integer
ResetSlide = StimDisplay.Duration + StimDisplay2.Duration
ResetSlide = x
x = 2500
David McFarlane
Oct 14, 2013, 2:22:55 PM10/14/13
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Not sure I follow your description of the problem. But let's suppose
you have two Slides in your Procedure, let's call them ASlide and
BSlide. ASlide takes a response, and the Procedure moves on to
present BSlide whenever ASlide gets a response, or 2000 ms, whichever
comes first. And you want the total duration for ASlide & BSlide to
be 2500 ms, i.e., BSlide should last for 2500 - (ASlide_actual_duration).
There are many ways to skin this cat. My favorite method goes as
follows. Set the Duration of BSlide to 2500, and in an Inline
between ASlide and BSlide, do the following:
SetNextTargetOnsetTime ASlide.OnsetTime
That's all! Understanding how this works takes some deeper
understanding of E-Prime timing models & mechanisms, more than I can
go into here, but look at the SetNextTargetOnsetTime topic in the
E-Basic Help facility. But in short, with that bit of code, BSlide
will use the actual OnsetTime from ASlide in order to compute its own
ending time, and so will end at 2500 ms from the OnsetTime of ASlide,
whithout you having to do anything more. Presto!
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you have two Slides in your Procedure, let's call them ASlide and
BSlide. ASlide takes a response, and the Procedure moves on to
present BSlide whenever ASlide gets a response, or 2000 ms, whichever
comes first. And you want the total duration for ASlide & BSlide to
be 2500 ms, i.e., BSlide should last for 2500 - (ASlide_actual_duration).
There are many ways to skin this cat. My favorite method goes as
follows. Set the Duration of BSlide to 2500, and in an Inline
between ASlide and BSlide, do the following:
SetNextTargetOnsetTime ASlide.OnsetTime
That's all! Understanding how this works takes some deeper
understanding of E-Prime timing models & mechanisms, more than I can
go into here, but look at the SetNextTargetOnsetTime topic in the
E-Basic Help facility. But in short, with that bit of code, BSlide
will use the actual OnsetTime from ASlide in order to compute its own
ending time, and so will end at 2500 ms from the OnsetTime of ASlide,
whithout you having to do anything more. Presto!
-----
David McFarlane
E-Prime training
online: http://psychology.msu.edu/Workshops_Courses/eprime.aspx
Twitter: @EPrimeMaster (https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster )
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Kim Goodyear
Oct 14, 2013, 2:51:04 PM10/14/13
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Hi David,
Thank you for your feedback. This was very informative! The only issue that I have is that this works when there is a response to "ASlide," if there is no response then the total duration of the 2 slides is different. Should I make the duration of "ASlide" something different than 2500?
David McFarlane
Oct 14, 2013, 3:07:57 PM10/14/13
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First, PLEASE PLEASE folks, when you reply, include the previous
discussion! I don't mean to pick on you personally, Kim, but others
keep doing this and we have to get a firm message out. A week or so
might easily go by between posts, and by then I forgot what I or
others have already contributed. In this case I do recall, but it is
a great courtesy to spare others the trouble by including *all* of
the relevant previous discussion in your followups.
Now, as I said before, I had to make some guesses because you did not
put all the specifications into your original post. I had to guess
that the Duration of your "ASlide" was less than 2500, now we have
that clarified, thanks.
So first, did you try my suggestion? If you did, then you should
find that, when ASlide runs the full 2500 ms (or even longer), BSlide
will show for exactly one video frame. To avoid this you need to add
just a bit more inline code and one more thing to your Procedure,
which I will tell you as soon as you perform the exercise that I
suggested and can tell whether or not I know what I am talking about
(or perhaps with that hint you will just figure it out on your own).
Oh, and what Duration *do* you use for your "ASlide"?
Best,
-- David McFarlane
discussion! I don't mean to pick on you personally, Kim, but others
keep doing this and we have to get a firm message out. A week or so
might easily go by between posts, and by then I forgot what I or
others have already contributed. In this case I do recall, but it is
a great courtesy to spare others the trouble by including *all* of
the relevant previous discussion in your followups.
Now, as I said before, I had to make some guesses because you did not
put all the specifications into your original post. I had to guess
that the Duration of your "ASlide" was less than 2500, now we have
that clarified, thanks.
So first, did you try my suggestion? If you did, then you should
find that, when ASlide runs the full 2500 ms (or even longer), BSlide
will show for exactly one video frame. To avoid this you need to add
just a bit more inline code and one more thing to your Procedure,
which I will tell you as soon as you perform the exercise that I
suggested and can tell whether or not I know what I am talking about
(or perhaps with that hint you will just figure it out on your own).
Oh, and what Duration *do* you use for your "ASlide"?
Best,
-- David McFarlane
David McFarlane
Oct 21, 2013, 2:33:55 PM10/21/13
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Just for the record, I need to correct a bit of my advice
here. Earlier, I said that using
SetNextTargetOnsetTime ASlide.OnsetTime
between ASlide and BSlide would make the total duration from the
start of ASlide to the end of BSlide equal the specified Duration of
BSlide (in this case, 2500 ms). But I neglected to say that, for
this to work, you must also set BSlide to use Cumulative timing
mode. This works because, in Cumulative timing mode, the TargetOnset
time for whatever follows BSlide will be based on the TargetOnsetTime
of BSlide (instead of actual OnsetTime), and BSlide.TargetOnsetTime
will come from the NextTargetOnsetTime implied in the code above. I
generally like this approach because it eliminates any errors due to
delays in starting BSlide.
Furthermore, the line of code above makes the total duration of
ASlide + BSlide act like Event timing mode (think it through). If
you want that to instead act like Cumulative timing mode, then that
line should read
SetNextTargetOnsetTime ASlide.TargetOnsetTime
i.e., use .TargetOnsetTime instead of just .OnsetTime.
If you stubbornly insist on keeping BSlide set to Event timing mode,
then the TargetOnset time for whatever follows BSlide will be based
on the actual OnsetTime of BSlide, and you have no recourse but to
manipulate the Duration of BSlide. In that case, your inline code
between ASlide and BSlide should look more like
BSlide.Duration = 2500 - (Clock.Read - ASlide.OnsetTime)
or if you prefer,
c.SetAttrib "BSlideDuration", 2500 - (Clock.Read - ASlide.OnsetTime)
and then use "[BSlideDuration]" as an attribute reference for the
Duration of BSlide (see comments on assigning object properties
directly in code vs. via attribute reference at
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/dWpfjk-BeLs and
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/g1Fv2CGaSeg ).
Manipulating Duration (instead of NextTargetOnsetTime) also means
that the actual duration of BSlide (and ASlide + BSlide) will vary
depending on any delays in starting BSlide, but maybe that is what you want.
-----
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here. Earlier, I said that using
SetNextTargetOnsetTime ASlide.OnsetTime
between ASlide and BSlide would make the total duration from the
start of ASlide to the end of BSlide equal the specified Duration of
BSlide (in this case, 2500 ms). But I neglected to say that, for
this to work, you must also set BSlide to use Cumulative timing
mode. This works because, in Cumulative timing mode, the TargetOnset
time for whatever follows BSlide will be based on the TargetOnsetTime
of BSlide (instead of actual OnsetTime), and BSlide.TargetOnsetTime
will come from the NextTargetOnsetTime implied in the code above. I
generally like this approach because it eliminates any errors due to
delays in starting BSlide.
Furthermore, the line of code above makes the total duration of
ASlide + BSlide act like Event timing mode (think it through). If
you want that to instead act like Cumulative timing mode, then that
line should read
SetNextTargetOnsetTime ASlide.TargetOnsetTime
i.e., use .TargetOnsetTime instead of just .OnsetTime.
If you stubbornly insist on keeping BSlide set to Event timing mode,
then the TargetOnset time for whatever follows BSlide will be based
on the actual OnsetTime of BSlide, and you have no recourse but to
manipulate the Duration of BSlide. In that case, your inline code
between ASlide and BSlide should look more like
BSlide.Duration = 2500 - (Clock.Read - ASlide.OnsetTime)
or if you prefer,
c.SetAttrib "BSlideDuration", 2500 - (Clock.Read - ASlide.OnsetTime)
and then use "[BSlideDuration]" as an attribute reference for the
Duration of BSlide (see comments on assigning object properties
directly in code vs. via attribute reference at
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/dWpfjk-BeLs and
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/g1Fv2CGaSeg ).
Manipulating Duration (instead of NextTargetOnsetTime) also means
that the actual duration of BSlide (and ASlide + BSlide) will vary
depending on any delays in starting BSlide, but maybe that is what you want.
-----
David McFarlane
E-Prime training
online: http://psychology.msu.edu/Workshops_Courses/eprime.aspx
Twitter: @EPrimeMaster (https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster )
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吉祥如意
Oct 30, 2013, 11:03:47 PM10/30/13
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Dear
David McFarlane，
I have tried your suggestion, it really works and it's quite simple compared with what I performed before as : BSlide.Duration=2500-ASlide.RT, and one more question, why you use 2500 - (Clock.Read - ASlide.OnsetTime).
Thanks a lot.
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David McFarlane
Oct 31, 2013, 4:01:41 PM10/31/13
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Glad you found that useful.
Hope I understand your question... Let's see, we have
BSlide.Duration = 2500 - ASlide.RT
and since RT = (ASlide.RTTime - ASlide.OnsetTime), that is the same as
BSlide.Duration = 2500 - (ASlide.RTTime - ASlide.OnsetTime)
which is not all that different from
BSlide.Duration = 2500 - (Clock.Read - ASlide.OnsetTime)
So the difference is slight. But here's the
deal. The goal here is to make BSlide end
precisely 2500 ms after the onset of
ASlide. Some small time may pass between
ASlide.RTTime and the time when BSlide starts,
and if that happens then if you base
BSlide.Duration on ASlide.RTTime then the
Duration will be a little too long and that will
make the full time of ASlide + BSlide longer than
intended. Using the Clock.Read in code
immediately before BSlide should give you a
closer estimate of the Duration needed for
BSlide, but even here, any delay between the
computation of BSlide.Duration and when BSlide
actually starts running will result in Duration
being just a little too long. May not be enough
to matter, but why not be more exact if we can?
So I advise *against* doing things this way just
because of the complications of all these little
delays. Instead, my main advice of using
SetNextTargetOnsetTime along with Cumulative
timing mode avoids these complications, and used
properly, can result in precise timing.
-----
David McFarlane
E-Prime training
online: http://psychology.msu.edu/Workshops_Courses/eprime.aspx
Twitter: @EPrimeMaster (https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster )
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At 10/30/2013 11:03 PM Wednesday, =?GB2312?B?vKrP6cjn0uI=?= wrote:
>Dear David McFarlane，
><https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/dWpfjk-BeLs>https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/dWpfjk-BeLs
>and
><https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/g1Fv2CGaSeg>https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/g1Fv2CGaSeg
>Twitter: @EPrimeMaster
>(<https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster>https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster )
><http://psychology.msu.edu/Workshops_Courses/eprime.aspx>http://psychology.msu.edu/Workshops_Courses/eprime.aspx
>Twitter: @EPrimeMaster
>(<https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster>https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster )
Hope I understand your question... Let's see, we have
BSlide.Duration = 2500 - ASlide.RT
and since RT = (ASlide.RTTime - ASlide.OnsetTime), that is the same as
BSlide.Duration = 2500 - (ASlide.RTTime - ASlide.OnsetTime)
which is not all that different from
BSlide.Duration = 2500 - (Clock.Read - ASlide.OnsetTime)
deal. The goal here is to make BSlide end
precisely 2500 ms after the onset of
ASlide. Some small time may pass between
ASlide.RTTime and the time when BSlide starts,
and if that happens then if you base
BSlide.Duration on ASlide.RTTime then the
Duration will be a little too long and that will
make the full time of ASlide + BSlide longer than
intended. Using the Clock.Read in code
immediately before BSlide should give you a
closer estimate of the Duration needed for
BSlide, but even here, any delay between the
computation of BSlide.Duration and when BSlide
actually starts running will result in Duration
being just a little too long. May not be enough
to matter, but why not be more exact if we can?
So I advise *against* doing things this way just
because of the complications of all these little
delays. Instead, my main advice of using
SetNextTargetOnsetTime along with Cumulative
timing mode avoids these complications, and used
properly, can result in precise timing.
-----
David McFarlane
E-Prime training
online: http://psychology.msu.edu/Workshops_Courses/eprime.aspx
Twitter: @EPrimeMaster (https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster )
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>Dear David McFarlane，
> I have tried your suggestion, it really works
> and it's quite simple compared with what I
> performed before as :
> BSlide.Duration=2500-ASlide.RT, and one more
> question, why you use 2500 - (Clock.Read - ASlide.OnsetTime).
>Thanks a lot.
>
>
>2013/10/22 David McFarlane <<mailto:mcfa...@msu.edu>mcfa...@msu.edu>
> and it's quite simple compared with what I
> performed before as :
> BSlide.Duration=2500-ASlide.RT, and one more
> question, why you use 2500 - (Clock.Read - ASlide.OnsetTime).
>Thanks a lot.
>
>
>and
><https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/g1Fv2CGaSeg>https://groups.google.com/d/topic/e-prime/g1Fv2CGaSeg
>).
>
>Manipulating Duration (instead of
>NextTargetOnsetTime) also means that the actual
>duration of BSlide (and ASlide + BSlide) will
>vary depending on any delays in starting BSlide,
>but maybe that is what you want.
>
>
>-----
>David McFarlane
>E-Prime training
>online:
><http://psychology.msu.edu/Workshops_Courses/eprime.aspx>http://psychology.msu.edu/Workshops_Courses/eprime.aspx
>
>Manipulating Duration (instead of
>NextTargetOnsetTime) also means that the actual
>duration of BSlide (and ASlide + BSlide) will
>vary depending on any delays in starting BSlide,
>but maybe that is what you want.
>
>
>-----
>David McFarlane
>E-Prime training
>online:
>Twitter: @EPrimeMaster
>(<https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster>https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster )
>
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>addition, PST offers several instructional
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>24-48 hours, so make full use of it. 3) In
>addition, PST offers several instructional
>videos on their YouTube channel
gorgeous yayuan geng
Oct 31, 2013, 10:03:05 PM10/31/13
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Dear
David McFarlane，
I'm totally agree with you that we need to be precise. I just understand what you mean and my origianl problem is due to my confusion for the meaning of all these kinds of time.
I need to work hard to make these name familiar to me.
Thanks.
All my best,
Sally
Glad you found that useful.
Hope I understand your question... Let's see, we have
BSlide.Duration = 2500 - ASlide.RT
and since RT = (ASlide.RTTime - ASlide.OnsetTime), that is the same as
BSlide.Duration = 2500 - (ASlide.RTTime - ASlide.OnsetTime)
which is not all that different fromSo the difference is slight. But here's the deal. The goal here is to make BSlide end precisely 2500 ms after the onset of ASlide. Some small time may pass between ASlide.RTTime and the time when BSlide starts, and if that happens then if you base BSlide.Duration on ASlide.RTTime then the Duration will be a little too long and that will make the full time of ASlide + BSlide longer than intended. Using the Clock.Read in code immediately before BSlide should give you a closer estimate of the Duration needed for BSlide, but even here, any delay between the computation of BSlide.Duration and when BSlide actually starts running will result in Duration being just a little too long. May not be enough to matter, but why not be more exact if we can?
BSlide.Duration = 2500 - (Clock.Read - ASlide.OnsetTime)
So I advise *against* doing things this way just because of the complications of all these little delays. Instead, my main advice of using SetNextTargetOnsetTime along with Cumulative timing mode avoids these complications, and used properly, can result in precise timing.At 10/30/2013 11:03 PM Wednesday, =?GB2312?B?vKrP6cjn0uI=?= wrote:
-----
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Dear David McFarlane，
I have tried your suggestion, it really works and it's quite simple compared with what I performed before as : BSlide.Duration=2500-ASlide.RT, and one more question, why you use 2500 - (Clock.Read - ASlide.OnsetTime).
Thanks a lot.
2013/10/22 David McFarlane <<mailto:mcfa...@msu.edu>mcfarl...@msu.edu>
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