Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Credits:
https://gorilla.sc/openmaterials/104636
Created: January 22, 2020
Last Modified: January 01, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This script implements the LexTALE task by Lemhöfer & Broersma (2012). 'LexTALE stands for Lexical Test for Advanced Learners of English. It is intended for cognitive researchers studying participants with an advanced level of English as a second language in an experimental setting.'
For more information: https://www.lextale.com/
Lemhöfer, K., & Broersma, M. (2012).Behavior research methods, 44, 325-343. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-011-0146-0
Adam J. Parker , Zoe V. J. Woodhead , Paul A. Thompson & Dorothy V. M. Bishop (2020): Assessing the reliability of an online behavioural laterality battery: A pre-registered study, Laterality, DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2020.1859526 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2020.1859526
3.5 minutes
Participants are presented 63 testitems (3 practice items, 60 test items) one by one in the middle of the screen and have to decide if the item is an English word (then press 'yes') or not (press 'no'). The test does not impose any time constraints.
1 testblock with 63 items of which the first three are practice items.
Items (40 words/20 nonwords) are presented in a fixed sequence with no time-constraints.
downloaded from: https://www.lextale.com/
downloaded from: https://www.lextale.com/
File Name: blb_lextale_summary*.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| inquisit.version | Inquisit version number |
| computer.platform | Device platform: win | mac |ios | android |
| computer.touch | 0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities |
| computer.hasKeyboard | 0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected |
| startDate | Date the session was run |
| startTime | Time the session was run |
| subjectId | Participant ID |
| groupId | Group number |
| sessionId | Session number |
| elapsedTime | Session duration in ms |
| completed | 0 = Test was not completed 1 = Test was completed |
| propCorrect | Proportion correct across of testitems |
| meanCorrRT | Mean correct response time across testitems |
| numberCorrectWords | Number of correctly identified words |
| numberCorrectNonwords | Number of correctly identified nonwords |
| hitRate | The hitrate for correctly identifying words |
| faRate | The false alarm rate for incorrectly identifying nonwords as words |
| avgPercentCorrect | Averaged % correct (main DV). It is calculated as follows ((number of words correct/40*100) + (number of nonwords correct/20*100)) / 2 |
File Name: blb_lextale_raw*.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| build | Inquisit version number |
| computer.platform | Device platform: win | mac |ios | android |
| computer.touch | 0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities |
| computer.hasKeyboard | 0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected |
| date | Date the session was run |
| time | Time the session was run |
| subject | Participant ID |
| group | Group number |
| session | Session number |
| blockcode | The name the current block (built-in Inquisit variable) |
| blocknum | The number of the current block (built-in Inquisit variable) |
| trialcode | The name of the currently recorded trial (built-in Inquisit variable) |
| trialnum | The number of the currently recorded trial (built-in Inquisit variable) trialnum is a built-in Inquisit variable; it counts all trials run even those that do not store data to the data file. |
| itemNumber | The itemnumber of the currently presented testitem |
| testItem | The currently presented testitem |
| wordstatus | The wordstatus of the presented testitem: 1 = word; 0 = nonword |
| response | The participant's response: 'yes' vs. 'no' |
| correct | Accuracy of response: 1 = correct response; 0 = otherwise |
| latency | The response latency (in ms); measured from: onset of testitem |
The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| testItemSize | The proportional size of the testitems on screen | 7% |
| yesButtonX | The horizontal location of the yes-button | 75% |
| noButtonX | The horizontal location of the no-button | 25% |
| showScore | True = the final score is presented to participants false = the final score is not presented to participants | true |