How to use

This is the main source code for the experiment. If you want to use it, you should copy the actual zip file to your own PsyToolkit account, because often there are other files included for stimuli.

The source code for pacedreading2

table sent
  "John brought cookies for his mother. His father does not like cookies."
  "Mary cooked dinner for her son and daughter. They like spicy fried beans with sauce."
  "Clara is looking after her pets. She has cats and dogs."
  "Mickey likes to take walks in the forest. Especially when Minnie joins him."
  "Donald and Daisy enjoy bike rides along the beautiful lake in their home town."

task paced
  keys n
  show text "Press the n key to start see the first word." 0 -50
  show text "Then press the n key each time for the following words." 0  50
  readkey 1 9999
  clear -1 -2
  #
  textbox new 0 0 700 400 white black
  textbox 1 lock
  #
  set %%words split @1
  set $l %%words size ## how many words
  set %newword %%words remove first
  set %newsentence %newword
  set $mycounter 1
  set &&reactionTimes clear
  while $mycounter <= $l
    textbox 1 text %newsentence
    readkey 1 9999
    clear -1
    set &&reactionTimes append RT
    set %newword %%words remove first
    set %newsentence %newsentence " " %newword
    set $mycounter increase
  while-end
  textbox 1 clear ## removes textbox
  show text "Well done...just wait until next sentence"
  delay 500
  show text ".  "  0 30
  delay 500
  show text ".. "  0 30
  delay 500
  show text "..."  0 30
  delay 500
  clear screen
  set %sentence @1
  set &&reactionTimes fillup 20 -1
  save $l %sentence &&reactionTimes
  
block test
  tasklist
    paced 5
  end