Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Created: January 04, 2023
Last Modified: January 19, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This script implements Millisecond's computerized version of the Money Road Map Test, a test of directional sense in a 2D environment.
Researchers can select to run the task with an absolute screen size to ensure that distances stay the same across devices. The default settings default to proportional sizing See section Defaults for more info.
Money. I.. Alexander, D., & Walker, H. T (1965). Manual: A standardized road-map test of direction sense. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
Elman, I., Gurvits, T. V., Tschibelu, E., Spring, J. D., Lasko, N. B., & Pitman, R. K. (2013). Neurological soft signs in individuals with pathological gambling. PloS One, 8(4), e60885–e60885. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060885
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5 minutes
Participants are instructed to drive a little blue car on a fixed route through a town. The car automatically stops at each intersection and participants are instructed to choose the appropriate turn signal for the turn the car is about to make. The test provides a short practice with 3 intersections and a test with 32 intersections.
map from: provided by Elman et al (2013)
the script could be adapted to run customized maps as well
provided by Millisecond - can be edited in script roadmaptest_instructions_inc.iqjs
The instructions are not original.
Audio instructions are optional and can be turned off. They were created with the help of the
Google Translate Fairy and Audacity.
File Name: roadmaptest_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 |
Practice |
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| numberPracticeBlocks | The final number of practice blocks run |
| practiceAcc | The final proportion correct practice performance (three intersections), before moving on to the test |
Test |
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| numberIntersections | The number of intersections travelled (for completed test that should be 32) |
| numberCorrectResponses | The number of correct responses made |
| propCorrectResponses | Proportion Correct responses |
| meanRT | Mean response time (in ms) (regardless of accuracy) |
| meanCorrRT | Mean correct response time (in ms) |
| sdCorrRT | Standard deviation of correct response times (in ms) |
File Name: roadmaptest_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. |
| phase | 1 = practice 2 = test |
| numberPracticeBlocks | Stores the number of practice blocks run |
| intersection | Stores the current intersection |
| response | Stores the response made (leftSignal vs. rightSignal) |
| corrResp | Stores the correct response (left vs. right) |
| correct | 1 = the response was correct; 0 = otherwise |
| latency | The response latency (in ms); measured from onset of response buttons |
| list.acc.mean | The proportion correct responses in the current block |
The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
Color Parameter |
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| canvasColor | Display color of the actively used portion of the screen (the 'canvas') if set to a color other than the screenColor, the active canvas appears 'anchored' on the screen regardless of monitor size | black |
| screenColor | Color of the screen not used by the canvas ('inactive screen') | black |
| defaultTextColor | Default color of text items presented on active canvas | white |
Design |
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| skipDirectionLabels | True = only the turn signal buttons are presented false = prints "LEFT" and "RIGHT" above the turn signal buttons | false |
| skipAudioInstructions | True: the instructions are only presented visually false: the instructions are presented visually as well as aurally | false |
| performanceFeedbackSetting: | 0: participants will get performance feedback 1: participants get the choice to get performance feedback 2: participants will not get performance feedback | 1 |
| minPracticeAcc | The minimum practice performance | 1.0 |
| maxPracticeBlocks | The maximum number of times the practice block is run before the test drive begins (regardless of practice performance) | 2 |
Timing Parameters |
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| reminderOnsetTime | Onset time (in ms) of a response reminder (if no response has been made in the meantime) practice only | 3000 |