Attentional Blink Experiment
Jaap MurreIn one condition the word CAT masks the ensuining target stimulus, the letter X.
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var ms = 120; // item presentation time in ms
var condition1 = getwords("condition1.txt");
var condition2 = getwords("condition2.txt");
var i;
text("Get ready to spot the X in the first stream");
await(2000);
text("");
await(1000);
text("Press the space bar to start. It is pretty fast!");
awaitkey(" ");
text("-");
await(1000);
// This presents the stimuli in condition 1
for (i = 0; i < condition1.length; i++) {
text(condition1[i]);
await(ms);
}
radio("Dit you see the letter X?",['yes','no'],"x1");
input("Which words did you see, if any (i.e., not letters)?","word1");
text("");
await(1000);
text("Press the space bar to start the second stream.");
awaitkey(" ");
text("-");
await(1000);
// This presents the stimuli in condition 2
for (i = 0; i < condition2.length; i++) {
text(condition2[i]);
await(ms);
}
radio("Dit you see the letter X?",['yes','no'],"x2");
input("Which words did you see, if any (i.e., not letters)?","word2");
text("Thank you for participating!")
await(2000);
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