NeuroTask Scripting

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Howtos and Demos
- Cognition Demonstrations of classic experiments in psychology for use in courses
  - Games
    - Tic Tac Toe Multiplayer Version
      Two-player version of the Tic Tac Toe game. Two players, matched in order of arrival, take…
    - Tic Tac Toe
      Tic Tac Toe game demo, used elsewhere in a two-player mode (over Internet). Illustrates how to…
    - Multiplayer Game
      This is a very simple chat 'game'. Two 'players' are randomly matched and can then input text and…
    - Amsterdam Memory Game
    - Script 8.11. Simple bug catching game
    - Memory Game
    - Pong
  - Sensation
  - Neuroanatomy
  - Visual Perception
  - Attention
    - Flanker Task
      This is a fairly complete demo of the Eriksen Flanker Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
  - Imagery
  - Short-term Memory
    - Digit Span Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the digit span forward task, similar to what one might…
    - Digit Span Complete Example - Dutch
      Like the Corsi Blocks Demo, this is a much more extensive example that can be (and has been) used…
    - Corsi Blocks Complete Example - Dutch
      This is a much more extensive example than the minimal demo. This version includes a practice phase…
    - N-Back
    - Basic 1-Back Task
      Brief demo of a 1-Back Task to get a feeling for how this task is often implemented. Stimuli are…
    - Sternberg Task
    - Corsi Blocks (Simplified)
      Functional Corsi Block Tap test with immediate feedback. Does not store any data. Useful…
  - Long-term Memory
    - Lexical Decision Task
      Fairly complete implementation of a typical lexical decision task, which takes about 6 min. It…
    - Script 1.4
    - Memory Game
  - Categorization
    - Remembering Random Dot Patterns
  - Speech
  - Language
    - Lexical Decision Task
      Fairly complete implementation of a typical lexical decision task, which takes about 6 min. It…
    - Script 2.7 - Lexical Decision
  - Implicit Memory
- Getting Started Book Scripts from the free tutorial book 'Getting Started with NeuroTask Scripts'
  - Chapter 1
  - Chapter 2
    - Script 2.7 - Lexical Decision
  - Chapter 3
    - Corsi Blocks (Simplified)
      Functional Corsi Block Tap test with immediate feedback. Does not store any data. Useful…
  - Chapter 4
    - Visual Recognition Memory - Script 3.1
  - Chapter 5
    - Rotate Text Demo
      Brief demo showing how to rotate and flip text using CSS styles.
  - Chapter 6
    - Likert Scale and Radio Variants
      Illustrates how to preselect a check button on a Likert scale.
    - Likert Scale Demo
      Illustrates the use of scale() to generate a basic Likert scale as explained in Chapter 6 of…
    - waitfor or Demo
      Illustrates how to use the waitfor ... or statement to wait for several events at once. As soon…
    - Select Control - Demo
      Illustrates the use of the select() function that generates a select control, as explained in…
    - Combining Multiple Controls
      This demo illustrates how you can combine several controls on one page in such a way that they are…
  - Chapter 7
    - logtrial in practice
      Demo how to use the logtrial() function in a typical reaction time experiment.
    - Counter-balancing with increase()
      How do you assign subjects to different conditions as they come in to do your online experiment?…
    - Script 7.5. Skipping parts
  - Chapter 8
  - Chapter 9
    - Sound Play and Stop
    - Sound Simplest
  - Chapter 10
    - waitfor or Demo
      Illustrates how to use the waitfor ... or statement to wait for several events at once. As soon…
    - Two Simultaneous Videos
      This demo shows how you can show two videos simultaneously or as is the case here, the same video in…
    - Demo - Force Subjects to Watch Entire Video
      This 1 min movie cannot be skipped or fast forwarded. It has to be watched in its entirety.
    - Video with Subtitles Demo
      Shows how to add subtitles and chapters.
    - YouTube Video Demo
      Simplest demo of how to show a Youtube video.
    - Simplest Video Script
      Demonstrates the simplest way to play a video file.
  - Chapter 11
    - Simple Graphics Demo
  - Appendix
- Teaching Demonstrations of classic experiments in psychology that can be used in teaching
  - Lecture
    - Stroop Task Demo
      Demo of the classic Stroop Task adjusted for the online use.
    - Digit Span Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the digit span forward task, similar to what one might…
    - Lexical Decision Task
      Fairly complete implementation of a typical lexical decision task, which takes about 6 min. It…
    - Go/No-Go Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the Go/No-Go Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
    - Basic 1-Back Task
      Brief demo of a 1-Back Task to get a feeling for how this task is often implemented. Stimuli are…
    - Flanker Task
      This is a fairly complete demo of the Eriksen Flanker Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
    - NeuroTask Card Sorting Test
      This is the NeuroTask Scripting implementation of the well-known Wisconsin Card Sorting Test with…
- Neuropsychology Scripts of well-known neuropsychological tests
  - Executive Functions
    - Stroop Task Demo
      Demo of the classic Stroop Task adjusted for the online use.
    - Go/No-Go Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the Go/No-Go Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
    - NeuroTask Card Sorting Test
      This is the NeuroTask Scripting implementation of the well-known Wisconsin Card Sorting Test with…
  - Long-term Memory
  - Short-term Memory
    - Digit Span Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the digit span forward task, similar to what one might…
    - Digit Span Complete Example - Dutch
      Like the Corsi Blocks Demo, this is a much more extensive example that can be (and has been) used…
    - Basic 1-Back Task
      Brief demo of a 1-Back Task to get a feeling for how this task is often implemented. Stimuli are…
    - Corsi Blocks (Simplified)
      Functional Corsi Block Tap test with immediate feedback. Does not store any data. Useful…
  - Sustained attention
    - Go/No-Go Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the Go/No-Go Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
- Scripting Level Example scripts for different levels of expertise in writing NeuroTask scripts
  - Tutorial
    - Example Experiment
      Example experiment showing how to invite subjects with an extra 'token' argument to communicate to…
    - Multiple Buttons
      Shows how to await() for several buttons, each of which can be pressed.
    - Likert
      Gives a variant on the scale() control but with the ability to provide labels per choice above or…
    - Check a response with the distance function
      Shows how you can use the distance() function to check a response, allowing for a certain amount of…
    - Visual Recognition Memory - Script 3.1
    - Metronome Demo
      Demostrates preloading and then playing a sound every 500 ms for 10 s. Also shows how to use the…
    - Call external library
      This demo illustrates how to load such an external library and then use it.
    - Set the Random Seed
      Generate pseudo-random numbers but with a specific seed, so all subjects get the same pseudo-random…
    - How to Temporarily Hide a Block
      Sometimes you want to temporarily hide blocks. For example, you may want to show a bunch of images.…
    - How to Log a Non-Printable Key
      Shows how you can log a non-printable key by its NeuroTask Scripting name. Als gives a simple…
    - Set the Font Size for All Controls
      If you are using the standard controls like input(), instruction(), select() the standard font size…
    - Clearing the Key Buffer
      If you use an awaitkey() the subjects's response will 'linger' even after the awaitkey() call and…
    - White Text on Black
      To achieve white text on a completely black background, you can use a new Box as described in the…
    - Get URL Parameters
      Illustrates how to send subjects to a different webiste (e.g., a survey in Google Forms). Also…
    - Progress Bar
      Shows how to make a simple progress bar by superimposing two blocks and then changing the shape of…
    - Script 1.4
    - Sound Simplest
    - Grid Control Demo
    - Style
      Shows how to apply styles in various ways, like color, text align, etc.
  - Beginner
    - RT Logtrial Demo
    - Style Standalone Function
    - Touch Demo on Mobile Phones
    - Set the Font Size for All Controls
      If you are using the standard controls like input(), instruction(), select() the standard font size…
    - Clearing the Key Buffer
      If you use an awaitkey() the subjects's response will 'linger' even after the awaitkey() call and…
    - White Text on Black
      To achieve white text on a completely black background, you can use a new Box as described in the…
    - Informed Consent Demo
      Shows how to implement informed consent screens with downloadable PDFs and an 'Accept' checkbox.
    - mailto
      Shows how you can open the subjects' email program and have them, for example, invite friends in…
    - Stroop Task Demo
      Demo of the classic Stroop Task adjusted for the online use.
    - Combined Logging
      Demonstrates how you can combine the inputs from several controls and log it as a string. It also…
    - Likert Scale Demo
      Illustrates the use of scale() to generate a basic Likert scale as explained in Chapter 6 of…
    - waitfor or Demo
      Illustrates how to use the waitfor ... or statement to wait for several events at once. As soon…
    - Select Control - Demo
      Illustrates the use of the select() function that generates a select control, as explained in…
    - Statistics
      Demo of built-in statistics functions
    - Redirect Demo
      Send your subjects to a different website.
    - Progress Bar
      Shows how to make a simple progress bar by superimposing two blocks and then changing the shape of…
    - Script 2.7 - Lexical Decision
    - Reaction Time
    - Sound 2
    - Combining Multiple Controls
      This demo illustrates how you can combine several controls on one page in such a way that they are…
    - Corsi Blocks (Simplified)
      Functional Corsi Block Tap test with immediate feedback. Does not store any data. Useful…
  - Intermediate
    - Blink Image Demo
      Blink demo that you can use to blink an entire block with included image or video.
    - How to Organize Trials
    - Timer Demo Function
    - Timer Demo
    - Click on one of four images
      How do we show four images on the screen and record which one the user has clicked? This situation…
    - How to use a token
      This one-liner demo shows how you can add a token to the URL and use it in your script.
    - Test Radio Buttons
      On Firefox for Android (in particular), radio buttons are hard to see. By changing the background to…
    - Informed Consent Demo
      Shows how to implement informed consent screens with downloadable PDFs and an 'Accept' checkbox.
    - mailto
      Shows how you can open the subjects' email program and have them, for example, invite friends in…
    - Demo playwave
      Introduces and defines a new function 'playwave()', which can be used to play a simple sound of a…
    - Tic Tac Toe
      Tic Tac Toe game demo, used elsewhere in a two-player mode (over Internet). Illustrates how to…
    - logtrial in practice
      Demo how to use the logtrial() function in a typical reaction time experiment.
    - Sum Demo
      Show how to write and use a function that sums some values in an array.
    - Image Demo Keep Constant Height
      Show image in a block with height at 100% of the block's height, with variable width. Suitable for…
    - Scoring Demo
    - Score Word Responses
      Function to help you score free recall answers as obtained with the largeinput() function. If you…
    - logtrial demo
    - Digit Span Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the digit span forward task, similar to what one might…
    - Lexical Decision Task
      Fairly complete implementation of a typical lexical decision task, which takes about 6 min. It…
    - Go/No-Go Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the Go/No-Go Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
    - Basic 1-Back Task
      Brief demo of a 1-Back Task to get a feeling for how this task is often implemented. Stimuli are…
    - Redirect Demo
      Send your subjects to a different website.
    - Box Demo
      This script illustrates how you can have a full width layout and still use the main-based…
    - Simple Graphics Demo
    - Use of closesession()
    - PowerPoint-like Presentation with Slides
    - Script 8.11. Simple bug catching game
    - Pong
  - Advanced
    - Call external library
      This demo illustrates how to load such an external library and then use it.
    - Write a SurvBee Package
      Describes in progressively more difficult steps how to write your own SurvBee package.
    - Statistics z Score Demo
      This shows how to use the built-in z-score statistical function.
    - Graphics Circle and Events Demo
      Demo that illustrates how to draw circles with text, how to group these, catch mouse events, and how…
    - Timing Issues
      Functions that explore different approaches to measuring time, including ways to attain millisecond…
    - Tic Tac Toe Multiplayer Version
      Two-player version of the Tic Tac Toe game. Two players, matched in order of arrival, take…
    - Multiplayer Game
      This is a very simple chat 'game'. Two 'players' are randomly matched and can then input text and…
    - Digit Span Complete Example - Dutch
      Like the Corsi Blocks Demo, this is a much more extensive example that can be (and has been) used…
    - Corsi Blocks Complete Example - Dutch
      This is a much more extensive example than the minimal demo. This version includes a practice phase…
    - Flanker Task
      This is a fairly complete demo of the Eriksen Flanker Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
    - Pivot Table and Table
      Demo of the pivottable function and how present tables (e.g., for feedback)
    - Fullscreen Demo
      Demo of how to force subjects to do a task in fullscreen. Note that browsers keep changing the rules…
    - Event Handling (asynchronously)
      You can still use all of jquery's event handlers, as this demo illustrates.
    - Graphics Demo 1
    - NeuroTask Card Sorting Test
      This is the NeuroTask Scripting implementation of the well-known Wisconsin Card Sorting Test with…
    - Memory Game
    - Drag-And-Drop
- Questionnaires Examples of different types of questionnaires (surveys)
  - Demography
- Tablets and Phones Scripts that run well on tables, smart phones, and certain other devices
  - Desktop
    - Tic Tac Toe Multiplayer Version
      Two-player version of the Tic Tac Toe game. Two players, matched in order of arrival, take…
    - Tic Tac Toe
      Tic Tac Toe game demo, used elsewhere in a two-player mode (over Internet). Illustrates how to…
    - Digit Span Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the digit span forward task, similar to what one might…
    - Lexical Decision Task
      Fairly complete implementation of a typical lexical decision task, which takes about 6 min. It…
    - Digit Span Complete Example - Dutch
      Like the Corsi Blocks Demo, this is a much more extensive example that can be (and has been) used…
    - Go/No-Go Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the Go/No-Go Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
    - Basic 1-Back Task
      Brief demo of a 1-Back Task to get a feeling for how this task is often implemented. Stimuli are…
    - Flanker Task
      This is a fairly complete demo of the Eriksen Flanker Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
    - Pong
    - Corsi Blocks (Simplified)
      Functional Corsi Block Tap test with immediate feedback. Does not store any data. Useful…
  - Tablet
    - Digit Span Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the digit span forward task, similar to what one might…
    - Go/No-Go Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the Go/No-Go Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
    - Basic 1-Back Task
      Brief demo of a 1-Back Task to get a feeling for how this task is often implemented. Stimuli are…
    - Flanker Task
      This is a fairly complete demo of the Eriksen Flanker Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
    - Memory Game
  - Smart Phone
    - Digit Span Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the digit span forward task, similar to what one might…
    - Go/No-Go Task
      This is a fairly typical implementation of the Go/No-Go Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
    - Basic 1-Back Task
      Brief demo of a 1-Back Task to get a feeling for how this task is often implemented. Stimuli are…
    - Flanker Task
      This is a fairly complete demo of the Eriksen Flanker Task, which takes about 2.5 min. It is…
    - Memory Game
- Getting Started Scripts for complete beginners
  - My First Eight Scripts
    - My 1st Script: Beginner Words
      This is a basic word recall task. It shows a series of words, then a text field for subjects to type…
    - My 2nd Script: Beginner Images
      This is a basic image memory task. It shows a series of images, then a text field for subjects to…
    - My 3rd Script: Beginner Experiment
      This has the basic structure of an experiment.
    - My 4th Script: Intermediate Words
      This is the same word task as My 1st Script, but created using a more advanced method.
    - My 5th Script: Intermediate Images
      The same image task as My 2nd Script, but created using the more advanced method from My 4th Script.
    - My 6th Script: Advanced Words
      This is a complex word recall experiment, with two conditions and personalized feedback.
    - My 7th Script: Advanced Images
      This is a more complex image task, wherein subjects are shown multiple images at once and click on…
    - My 8th Script: Advanced Experiment
      This is a complex word recall experiment that combines concepts from all seven previous scripts.