Corsi block tapping task

[iris98]

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone ever implemented the Corsi block tapping test or something alike in PCIbex.
This is a memory task where a certain order of blocks is highlighted, after which participants have to tap/click the blocks in that same order (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsi_block-tapping_test).

Thanks in advance!
Iris

[Jeremy]

Hi Iris,

I am not aware of anyone implementing the Corsi task in PCIbex, but it sounds like a fun challenge! It would, however, definitely require injecting some JavaScript, I don’t think there would be an efficient way of coding such a task using PennController commands only (it would result in a very lengthy and redundant code). Maybe the smartest things to do would be to create a new PennController element type, but that would mean making decision as to how you use the element, how/where/whether one defines the demonstration sequence, whether you can shuffle the blocks, should it stop at the first wrong click/tap or should it be lenient (or should that be a parameter? if so, how?), etc.

In the meantime, I came up with a toy example here, where I heavily rely on the PennController Function and Var elements to execute JavaScript functions, accessing the internal structure of the elements: https://farm.pcibex.net/r/kiegoB/

It’s not perfect, but at least it’s very customizable once you make sense of all the JavaScript code

Let me know if you have questions

Jeremy

[iris98]

Hi Jeremy,

Thanks so much for your answer and your example!!
I can definitely work with this 🙂

Best wishes,
Iris

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