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In this example the basic pattern of presenting a stimulus and waiting for a response proceeds in three steps. Take a look at the experiment overview:
 
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First, text is displayed to the subject in the 'intro' text display item. By default items of this type wait for a keypress, but we change the default 'keypress' value of the Duration property to '0' to cause the script to immediately execute the following item.
 
First, text is displayed to the subject in the 'intro' text display item. By default items of this type wait for a keypress, but we change the default 'keypress' value of the Duration property to '0' to cause the script to immediately execute the following item.

Revision as of 14:51, 9 October 2013

OpenSesame is an open-source software package for building and running psychology experiments. It's written in Python and is available for Windows, OS X, and Linux systems.

Using a button box with OpenSesame

The File:SRBoxexample.opensesame.tar.gz provides a demonstration of how to collect button presses in an OpenSesame experiment.

In this example the basic pattern of presenting a stimulus and waiting for a response proceeds in three steps. Take a look at the experiment overview:

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First, text is displayed to the subject in the 'intro' text display item. By default items of this type wait for a keypress, but we change the default 'keypress' value of the Duration property to '0' to cause the script to immediately execute the following item.

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