Data will not save | PsyToolkit

Data will not save Oct 9, 2020 0:46:21 GMT

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Post by khostbirk on Oct 9, 2020 0:46:21 GMT

Hi! I have tried (seemingly) everything I can to save the data and it won't save! The task involves the display of a letter or number and participants are asked to select a color that they most associate with the given letter or number. The code below does not have any save commands so that its easier for you to look at and identify where I should put what. Your help would be greatly appreciated!!

bitmaps
instruction
nextbutton
white
grey
black
purple
darkblue
lightblue
darkgreen
lightgreen
yellow
orange
pink
red
brown
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
hh
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
zero
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine

options
mouse on

task choose
draw off
show bitmap white -360 -250
show bitmap grey -300 -250
show bitmap black -240 -250
show bitmap purple -180 -250
show bitmap darkblue -120 -250
show bitmap lightblue -60 -250
show bitmap darkgreen 0 -250
show bitmap lightgreen 60 -250
show bitmap yellow 120 -250
show bitmap orange 180 -250
show bitmap pink 240 -250
show bitmap red 300 -250
show bitmap brown 360 -250
show bitmap nextbutton 300 250
draw on
show bitmap a 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 14
show bitmap b 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 15
show bitmap c 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 16
show bitmap d 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 17
show bitmap e 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 18
show bitmap f 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 19
show bitmap g 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 20
show bitmap hh 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 21
show bitmap i 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 22
show bitmap j 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 23
show bitmap k 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 24
show bitmap l 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 25
show bitmap m 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 26
show bitmap n 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 27
show bitmap o 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 28
show bitmap p 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 29
show bitmap q 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 30
show bitmap r 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 31
show bitmap s 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 32
show bitmap t 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 33
show bitmap u 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 34
show bitmap v 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 35
show bitmap w 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 36
show bitmap x 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 37
show bitmap y 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 38
show bitmap z 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 39
show bitmap zero 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 40
show bitmap one 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 41
show bitmap two 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 42
show bitmap three 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 43
show bitmap four 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 44
show bitmap five 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 45
show bitmap six 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 46
show bitmap seven 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 47
show bitmap eight 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 48
show bitmap nine 0 100
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13
clear 49
end task

block test
message instruction
tasklist
choose 1
end

Data will not save Oct 9, 2020 8:32:28 GMT PsyToolkit likes this

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Post by alexandra (AEC) on Oct 9, 2020 8:32:28 GMT

Hi there,

as you want to save each single response after a color was chosen, you want to put save after readmouse. Just an idea here, but you could run your task for the amount of times you want a response instead of only once by using how bitmaps are represented in PsyToolkit code.

If I haven't miscounted, your first item you want to show starts with a, which is the 16th image under bitmaps.

So you could have a task that assigns the starting number for your bitmap to a global variable. After that you just use an increase command to show every image after that. You put an if statement to stop the task when your global variable is reaching 51 (if I have not miscounted) or you just stop by using the trial number 35 in you block. I will do the latter in this example. So your code could look like this:

bitmaps

instructions

... # and all the rest

task variables

set &my_image 16

task choose

draw off
show bitmap white -360 -250
show bitmap grey -300 -250
show bitmap black -240 -250
show bitmap purple -180 -250
show bitmap darkblue -120 -250
show bitmap lightblue -60 -250
show bitmap darkgreen 0 -250
show bitmap lightgreen 60 -250
show bitmap yellow 120 -250
show bitmap orange 180 -250
show bitmap pink 240 -250
show bitmap red 300 -250
show bitmap brown 360 -250
show bitmap nextbutton 300 250
draw on

show bitmap &my_image 0 100 # using the bitmap number to call image
readmouse l 1 60000 range 1 13

set $choice bitmap-under-mouse range 1 13 # saving chosen colour to a local variable

save &my_image $choice RT # depending on what you want to save here, I chose the shown image, the colour choice and the reaction time

set &my_image increase # this increases the number by one -> the next image will be shown on next trial

clear screen # clears everything

block setting # you need this one to start with 16

tasklist

variables 1

end

block test
message instruction
tasklist
choose 35 # here you want to put how many times you want the task to be done
end