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Jacobs foundation grant tasks

These pages document the tasks developed for Alicia Forsberg's Jacobs foundation Grant.

The tasks

Four tasks were developed. Each of these tasks has a dedicated page outlining the task itself, the configurable options, and the data the task produces:
Task 1 - Coloured Squares
Task 2 - Images working memory
Task 3 - Visual Search Distractor
Task 4 - Images Long Term Memory

Config files

In addition to the information provided about the indivdual configuration options for each task, there is a dedicated page explaining the overall structure of the config files.
Please refer to this when making substantial changes to ensure that the resulting files are valid. If the config files are invalid then the tasks will not run.

Instruction files

The instructions for each task are also modifiable. The page on the instruction file details their structure.

Running the tasks locally

The Github repository includes the runLocally.html file. This allows the tasks to be run locally on a machine (i.e. they will open in a web browser, but no internat connection is requried once the tasks are downloaded). More information can be found on this page.

Running the tasks on Pavlovia

The experiment will be hosted on Pavlovia's Gitlab for online adminstration. This will be the primary version of the experiment and will need to be copied and modified.
See this page for details about how to copy and modify the experiment on your own Pavlovia/Gitlab account.

Integrating the tasks with Prolific

When the tasks are running on Pavlovia it is possible to set them up to integrate with Prolific. This includes saving Prolific ID, Study ID, etc. sent from Prolific, and automatically redirecting participants back to Prolific upon completion to receive their payment. See the Prolific integration page for more inforamtion.