Adding feedback

Adding feedback

Let’s try and create a ‘Feedback’ Routine for the Posner task we want to:

  • Add trial by trial feedback on response times

  • Adjust the colour of the feedback based on RT

  • Give feedback at the end on average RT overall, on valid trials and on invalid trials.

To add trial by trial feedback on response times create a feedback routine and add a text component. In the text field enter:

$f'RT was {str(round(resp.time[0], 3))} ms'

To adjust feedback colour based on response time we need a code component:

if resp.time[0]<.5:
    feedbackCol = 'green'
else:
    feedbackCol = 'red'

To give feedback at the end for each condition let’s learn about lists. We want three lists to keep track of RTs:

allRTList=[]
validRTList=[]
invalidRTList=[]

Some useful Python methods

  • .append() - adds to a list

  • np.average() - returns average of a list using the numpy (np) library.

We can use these to give feedback at the end of our experiment to summarise performance.

On each trial we add to the list:

if label == 'valid':
    validRTList.append(thisRT)
elif label == 'invalid':
    invalidRTList.append(thisRT)

At the end of the experiment we can average these lists:

validAv = np.average(validRTList)

Exercise

  1. Add a feedback tone that varies in frequency depending on if the RT is fast (e.g. <.05) or slow.

  2. Add a text component to the end routine to tell participants if they showed a Posner cueing effect.

  3. IF participants show a posner cueing effect, tell them how large their effect was in ms.

What next?

Code components allow us to extend mouse responses in some fun ways. So let’s talk about Making the most of mouse inputs.


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