Default in logging keyboard responses

estherhazy

Hey guys,

I'm new to Open Sesame and even programming experiments. Nevertheless I've tried and so far accomplished to create a differential classical conditioning paradigm with the help of this forum and the manual.

I've one problem left and seem to not find a possible solution in the forum.

After each phase (habituation, acquisition, extinction), the test persons are asked to rate the conditioned stimulus on different scales (e.g. valence, arousal, fear). I used a sketchpad to present the question with a picture of the stimulus and the keyboard_response_item for their response (scale from 1 to 5 using the key of the keyboard). In the logg file the response given is marked as NA and I don't know what to do so that the keyboard_response is logged.

I have never defined the possible keyboard responses as responses to be logged (e.g. in the variable table of the loop because that just makes all the questions repeat for 5 times). Might this be the problem? I also don't understand how to create a keyboard object as explained here: https://osdoc.cogsci.nl/3.2/manual/python/keyboard/

I hope someone could help me and explain to me what I've done wrong!

Sincerly, Esther

sebastiaan

> I'm new to Open Sesame and even programming experiments. Nevertheless I've tried and so far accomplished to create a differential classical conditioning paradigm with the help of this forum and the manual.

It makes me very happy to hear that! 😃

> In the logg file the response given is marked as NA and I don't know what to do so that the keyboard_response is logged.

It's difficult to say without seeing the experiment, but I suspect that between the keyboard_response and the logger, there's some other item that overwrites the response variable. That's ok though, because the response will also be stored as response_[item name]. Can you find that column in your log file?

Cheers!

Sebastiaan

estherhazy

Sorry for getting back to you so late but thank you so much for always answering questions in the forum haha

I actually did find that exact column (the log file was just a mess) and the responses are logged properly. I also figured out that I need a new sketchpad for every question I ask (and not just linked copies) so that the response for each time I ask that questions is logged and not just for the last time.

Thanks for your help anyway! :)