Sentence comprehension task with word-by-word self paced reading

[Elise Oosterhuis]

Hi everyone,

I need to make a sentence comprehension task, and it will look like this (in steps):

-Instructions

-Fixation in the middle (infinite; [SPACE])

-Word 1, word 2, word 3 etc. of the sentence

-Comprehension question, with two possible answers (left or right arrow).

-Next sentence

and so on.

Well, I know how to make an experiment like this in a very complex matter. I will create a list with word1, word 2 etc., comprehension question with two possible anwsers, and right anwser. The sentences differ in lenght, so I would also insert an inline with an if...then... condition. So, if the last word is presented, it should jump right to the comprehension question. 

I was wondering if there is an easier way of making such experiment, by means of a script, or something else.

[Elise Oosterhuis]

Oh, and I don't want to use the moving window paradigm, so no mask. Just one word at a time, in the centre of the screen.

[David McFarlane]

This looks like a suitable approach to me. Indeed, I have a dim memory
(possibly false :) ) of doing this myself once long ago. In that case I
may have used a special "code" as the last item in a list of words in
order to indicate to some InLine code that the Procedure should exit the
List.

Alternatively, you might use some InLine code run before the List in
order to adjust the List.TerminateCondition -- see that topic in the
E-Basic Help facility. This gets tricky, and if you do manipulate this
then don't forget to use List.Reset or your changes may not take effect!
Probably better to stick with your If-Then in an InLine within your
Procedure.

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