💙🤍README🤍💙

📘Table of Contents

1. 📘Table of Contents
2. 🖖Introduction
3. 📚Experiment Instructions
4. 🔗Links

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🖖Introduction

I kindly request your thorough examination and absorption of the comprehensive documentation incorporated within the confines of this repository. Your diligent review of the diverse materials provided herein will undoubtedly enhance your understanding of the intricacies and nuances associated with the contents therein.

Please also see following documents:

• LICENSE
• SECURITY
• CONTRIBUTING

📚Experiment Instructions

• Start

  • What is the task?
  • Keys for decisions: c (correct) and n (incorrect).

• Practice Block 1

  • Easy dot motion task, coherence = 0.5.
  • Number of trials: 24.
  • Minimum accuracy required: 85%.
    • Otherwise: feedback/encouragement + repeat the block.

• Instructions

  • "We will now proceed with more challenging trials."

• Practice Block 2

  • Harder dot motion task, coherence = 0.2.
  • Number of trials: 24.
  • Minimum accuracy required: 60%.
    • Otherwise: feedback/encouragement + repeat the block.

• Instructions

  • "Next, you will have 2 minutes to score as many points as possible."
  • Incorrect answers will result in time penalties.

• Practice Block 3

  • Coherence: 0.2.
  • Duration: 2 minutes.
  • Penalty for incorrect answers: 1-second time penalty based on accuracy.

• Instructions

  • Use the following keys for confidence ratings: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 0.
  • "Same principle: score as many points as possible, but now also rate your confidence."
  • Confidence ratings will also result in time penalties.

• Practice Block 4

  • Coherence: 0.2.
  • Duration: 2 minutes.
  • Penalty for incorrect answers: time penalty based on confidence ratings:
    • 1 sec, 0.8 sec, 0.6 sec, 0.4 sec, 0.2 sec, 0 sec.

• Instructions

  • "The real experiment will now begin."
  • Time penalties may vary between blocks but will remain consistent within each block.

• Experimental Blocks 1 & 2

  • Duration: 4 x 7 minutes.
  • Time penalties based on accuracy:
    • High penalty for accuracy (ACC): 2 seconds.
    • Low penalty for confidence (CONF): 1–0 seconds.

• Experimental Blocks 3 & 4

  • Duration: 4 x 7 minutes.
  • Time penalties based on confidence ratings:
    • Low penalty for accuracy (ACC): 1 second.
    • High penalty for confidence (CONF): 2–0 seconds.

• End

  • "The experiment is finished."

🔗Links

• 👯 Web hosting company EliasDH.com.
• 📫 How to reach us elias.dehondt@outlook.com