OS: Windows 10
PsychoPy version: v2021.1.4
What is your coding skill?: Pretty rudimentary, I can adapt some code to fit my needs, but it’s rather basic.
What are you trying to achieve?:
I am creating an experiment where participants have to listen to sequences of (two types of) words, ranging from 2 w/seq to 6 w/seq. I have managed to build and code the sounds, but after each sequence, participants need to press f or j for the sounds they just listened to. So not one key per sequence, but one key per word.
I also need to know if the sequence of keys is correct, e.g. if a participant listens to a two-word sequence with the correct key ‘f, j’ then my data will only return 1 if those keys in that order are correct.
What did you try to make it work?:
So far I have tried two solutions:
- In the excel sheet where I refer to my sounds ranging from
stim_1tostim_6, I have made a 7th column calledseqwhich would put the above example like [‘f’, ‘j’].
In the keyboard component, I unchecked ‘Force end of routine’, put the allowed keys as ‘j’, ‘f’, left the stop field blank, and changed ‘constant’ to ‘set every repeat’. In the data tab, Store was set to ‘all keys’, and correct answer is$seq. In a coder component, I put:
Begin Routine:
#initial set up and reset
seq2 = 0
Each Frame (although I also tried this in End Routine):
#every time j or f is pressed one is added
if(keySeq2.keys == 'j' or keySeq2.keys == 'f'):
seq2 = seq2 + 1
End Routine:
#if two keys are pressed the routine ends
if(seq2 >= 2):
feedSeq2.finished = True
- In the excel sheet where I refer to my sounds ranging from
stim_1tostim_6, I have made 6 more columns ranging fromkey_1tokey_6. So in the example abovekey_1would be ‘f’ andkey_2would be ‘j’.
For each key, I would create a keyboard component: stop is left blank, I unchecked ‘Force end of routine’ for all but the last keyboard component, put the allowed keys as ‘j’, ‘f’, and changed ‘constant’ to ‘set every repeat’. In the data tab, Store was set to ‘first keys’, and correct answer is$key_+ the number of the stimulus.
(I hope this was clear enough, I can add screenshots if that makes it easier)
What specifically went wrong when you tried that?:
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Basically everything? I would press keys, but I would stay within the routine, and I couldn’t find any data in the csv file that even mentioned pressing anything. So either my code is wrong, or what I’m trying to do isn’t possible like this. Hence possibility 2.
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Now this one is more complicated. It would continue to the next routine, but there would be absolutely no regularity in when it would move on. Sometimes it would take several seconds, sometimes just the required key presses.
I received this error message in my runner (but only when I ran it the first time):
17.4784 WARNING Got keycode {} but that code isn't yet known
17.4784 WARNING Keypress was given unknown key code (174)
18.0448 WARNING Got keycode {} but that code isn't yet known
18.0448 WARNING Keypress was given unknown key code (174)
18.8970 WARNING Got keycode {} but that code isn't yet known
18.8970 WARNING Keypress was given unknown key code (174)
##### Experiment ended. #####
In my csv file, I did get key presses and it even said which ones were correct, so that was good. But I don’t know how to make it more consistent.
If you need any aditional information, please let me know.
