Great, thank you! I’ve tried to include the most relevant bits of the script below:
# Setup the Window
# (This is the window where the image is displayed)
win = visual.Window(size=(1024, 768), fullscr=False, screen=1, allowGUI=False, allowStencil=False,
monitor='testMonitor', color=[-1, -1, -1], colorSpace='rgb',
blendMode='avg', useFBO=True, name='win')
# Setup the Counter Window
win2 = visual.Window(size=(1024, 768), fullscr=False, screen=0, allowGUI=False, allowStencil=False,
monitor='testMonitor', color=[-1, -1, -1], colorSpace='rgb',
blendMode='avg', useFBO=True, name='win2', waitBlanking=False)
#########################################################################################
# Initialize components for Routine "RetrievalTrial_1A"
RetrievalTrial_1AClock = core.Clock()
# (This is the section that sets up the image stimulus)
retrievalScene_1A = visual.ImageStim(win=win, name='retrievalScene_1A', units='pix',
image=None, mask=None,
ori=0, pos=[0, 0], size=[600, 450],
color=[1,1,1], colorSpace='rgb', opacity=1,
flipHoriz=False, flipVert=False,
texRes=128, interpolate=True, depth=-1.0)
# Components for Visual Participant Response Screen
# (This is the section that sets up the text on the experimenter screen)
visual_resp_text = visual.TextStim(win=win2, ori=0, name='visual_resp_text',
text=None, font='Arial',
pos=[0, 0], height=0.075, wrapWidth=None,
color='white', colorSpace='rgb', opacity=1,
depth=0.0, alignHoriz='center', alignVert='center')
#########################################################################################
# set up handler to look after randomisation of conditions etc
RetrievalBlock_1A = data.TrialHandler(nReps=1, method='sequential',
extraInfo=expInfo, originPath=None,
trialList=Retrieval_1A_SceneList,
seed=None, name='RetrievalBlock_1A')
thisExp.addLoop(RetrievalBlock_1A) # add the loop to the experiment
thisRetrievalBlock_1A = RetrievalBlock_1A.trialList[0] # so we can initialise stimuli with some values
# abbreviate parameter names if possible (e.g. rgb=thisRetrievalBlock_1A.rgb)
if thisRetrievalBlock_1A != None:
for paramName in thisRetrievalBlock_1A.keys():
exec(paramName + '= thisRetrievalBlock_1A.' + paramName)
for thisRetrievalBlock_1A in RetrievalBlock_1A:
currentLoop = RetrievalBlock_1A
# abbreviate parameter names if possible (e.g. rgb = thisRetrievalBlock_1A.rgb)
if thisRetrievalBlock_1A != None:
for paramName in thisRetrievalBlock_1A.keys():
exec(paramName + '= thisRetrievalBlock_1A.' + paramName)
if: # if statement cut out, simply refers to which values of "Filename" not to display
else:
#------Prepare to start Routine "RetrievalTrial_1A"-------
t = 0
RetrievalTrial_1AClock.reset() # clock
frameN = -1
# set scene
# (This updates the stimulus image)
retrievalScene_1A.setImage(scenes_filepath + Filename) #Filename refers to a column from an imported spreadsheet with a list of .jpg filenames
# set visual_resp text
if int(OldTrue) == 1:
print "Old"
visual_resp_text.setText(text="Old")
else:
print "New"
visual_resp_text.setText(text="New")
# update component parameters for each repeat
retrievalTrialResponse_1A = event.BuilderKeyResponse() # create an object of type KeyResponse
retrievalTrialResponse_1A.status = NOT_STARTED
# keep track of which components have finished
RetrievalTrial_1AComponents = []
RetrievalTrial_1AComponents.append(retrievalScene_1A)
RetrievalTrial_1AComponents.append(retrievalTrialResponse_1A)
RetrievalTrial_1AComponents.append(visual_resp_text)
for thisComponent in RetrievalTrial_1AComponents:
if hasattr(thisComponent, 'status'):
thisComponent.status = NOT_STARTED
#-------Start Routine "RetrievalTrial_1A"-------
continueRoutine = True
syncpulsetrial = 0
while continueRoutine:
# get current time
t = RetrievalTrial_1AClock.getTime()
synccheck = event.getKeys(keyList=['5'])
frameN = frameN + 1 # number of completed frames (so 0 is the first frame)
# update/draw components on each frame
# visual response window
if t >= 0.0 and visual_resp_text.status == NOT_STARTED:
# keep track of start time/frame for later
visual_resp_text.tStart = t # underestimates by a little under one frame
visual_resp_text.frameNStart = frameN # exact frame index
visual_resp_text.setAutoDraw(True)
# *retrievalScene_1A* updates
# (This is where the stimulus image is drawn)
if t >= 0 and retrievalScene_1A.status == NOT_STARTED:
# keep track of start time/frame for later
retrievalScene_1A.tStart = t # underestimates by a little under one frame
retrievalScene_1A.frameNStart = frameN # exact frame index
retrievalScene_1A.setAutoDraw(True)
elif retrievalScene_1A.status == STARTED and t >= (0 + (1.9-win.monitorFramePeriod*0.75)): #most of one frame period left
retrievalScene_1A.setAutoDraw(False)
# *retrievalTrialResponse_1A* updates
if t >= 0 and retrievalTrialResponse_1A.status == NOT_STARTED:
# keep track of start time/frame for later
retrievalTrialResponse_1A.tStart = t # underestimates by a little under one frame
retrievalTrialResponse_1A.frameNStart = frameN # exact frame index
retrievalTrialResponse_1A.status = STARTED
# keyboard checking is just starting
retrievalTrialResponse_1A.clock.reset() # now t=0
event.clearEvents(eventType='keyboard')
if retrievalTrialResponse_1A.status == STARTED:
theseKeys = event.getKeys(keyList=['1', '2', '3', '4', '6', '7', '8', '9'])
# check for quit:
if "escape" in theseKeys:
endExpNow = True
if len(theseKeys) > 0: # at least one key was pressed
retrievalTrialResponse_1A.keys = theseKeys[-1] # just the last key pressed
retrievalTrialResponse_1A.rt = retrievalTrialResponse_1A.clock.getTime()
if len(synccheck) > 0:
syncpulsetrial += 1
syncpulsecount += 1
print syncpulsecount
retrievalFixationPoint_Response.keys = synccheck[-1] # just the last key pressed
retrievalFixationPoint_Response.rt = retrievalFixationPoint_Response.clock.getTime()
if syncpulsetrial > 1:
# sync pulse ends the routine
continueRoutine = False
# check if all components have finished
if not continueRoutine: # a component has requested a forced-end of Routine
routineTimer.reset() # if we abort early the non-slip timer needs reset
break
continueRoutine = False # will revert to True if at least one component still running
for thisComponent in RetrievalTrial_1AComponents:
if hasattr(thisComponent, "status") and thisComponent.status != FINISHED:
continueRoutine = True
break # at least one component has not yet finished
# check for quit (the Esc key)
if endExpNow or event.getKeys(keyList=["escape"]):
core.quit()
# refresh the screen
if continueRoutine: # don't flip if this routine is over or we'll get a blank screen
win.flip()
win2.flip()
