User`s guide

SoundRT........................ See sample experiments
simultaneous presentation........................ A-44
stop/continue playback after response ..... A-44
spacebar......................................................30, 42
Standard merge.........................................165–69
statistics ............................................ See analysis
stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA) ....... See inter-
stimulus interval
Subject Station............................. See installation
subroutines........................................134, 155–56
Summation object.....................................150–51
Sync tab ........................................................... 89
T
table .................................................. See analysis
terminate
experiment ............................................... 4, 54
upon response .............................................. 16
TextDisplay object....................23, 38–40, 42, 48
time audit..........24, 54, 56, 71–84, 106, 112, 120
timing..........................................................72–84
definition of ................................................. 74
dependent measures..................................... 92
drift ...............................................85, 112, 114
high priority mode ..................................78, 94
implementing............................................... 96
measuring, reporting and debugging ......83–84
miss tick rate...........................................75, 95
modes....................................53–54, 89–92, 98
Cumulative .................................53, 90, 113
Custom..................................................... 91
Event...........................................53, 90, 113
paradigms .............................................97, 102
critical sequence of events..................105–8
critical sequence of events varying duration
of Probe ........................................109–11
cumulative timing of a repeating sequence
of events........................................111–16
single stimulus event to response timing
....................................................... 102–5
problems reporting....................................... 75
debugging ................................................ 83
false reports.............................................. 75
refresh cycle....................................... 79–83
variations in intended durations......... 76–79
refresh cycle................................................. 98
refresh rate ........................................... 98–101
sample paradigms ........................................ 72
techniques .....See also caching and PreRelease
high priority mode ............................. 94–95
logging timestamps............................ 92–94
PreRelease.......................................... 85–88
refresh cycle....................................... 88–89
rescaling clocks.................. 95–96, 111, 115
timing modes ..................................... 89–92
testing and checking timing data.......... 120–22
variables............................................... 92, 107
t-test ............................................................. A-31
U
USB ......................................... See hardware key
User Script window ....................................... 134
V
variables..................................... 133–34, 154–55
declaring .................................................... 133
global ......................................................... 133
naming ....................................................... 133
renaming in data file .................................. 189
reserved words........................................... 133
vertical blank ......................79, 81, 100, 105, 113
W
weight .............................................................. 38
within-subjects variables..........A-31, A-32, A-35