Inquisit Language ReferenceThe pretrialpause attribute specifies the number of milliseconds to pause prior to running a trial.
<defaults> <likert> <openended> <slidertrial> <trial>
| integer expression | An non-negative integer value expressing the duration in milliseconds. |
This attribute can be used to insert a fixed interval of time prior to running a trial.
See How to Control Trial Duration and Inter-Trial Intervals for more details on controlling timing of trials.
The following trial pauses for a half second after the subject responds:
<trial mytrial>
/ stimulusframes=[1=sometext)]
/ pretrialpause=500
</trial>