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    Maintain fixation point throughout task? (case 20948)

    Hi.
    I would like to maintain a fixation point on the screen throughout my task and have images displayed over the fixation point periodically. That is, I don't want there to ever been a blank screen but always either a fixation point or an image. Also, I need the time in which the fixation is displayed before showing the image to be "jittered" (either 1500, 2000, or 2500 ms).

    I have tried a few things including creating two row per trial-the first row for a fixation with a jittered duration and then the next row having both a display of the fixation cross (with a time of "0") and an image (with a loc of "0,0,0") but there is a gap on the screen between the display of the first row and the second row.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. I saw a similar thread created in 2007 but there was no response to the question.

    Thank you!
    Liz
    Last edited by jason_reed; 09-09-2015 at 01:16 PM.

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    Hi emartin8!

    To achieve this effect, you will need to put all of your fixation points and images on a single line of your .csv input file. Whenever you have more than one row of stimuli in a .csv input file, DirectRT must show a blank screen because it needs time to compile all of the stimuli for the upcoming trial (see here in the DirectRT manual for more information: http://www.empirisoft.com/directrt/h...l_interval.htm.

    I've attached an example .csv file that should do what you want. Let me know if you have any other questions.
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    Jason Reed
    Empirisoft Software Support Specialist

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    Thanks so much, Jason!

    Quote Originally Posted by jason_reed View Post
    Hi emartin8!

    To achieve this effect, you will need to put all of your fixation points and images on a single line of your .csv input file. Whenever you have more than one row of stimuli in a .csv input file, DirectRT must show a blank screen because it needs time to compile all of the stimuli for the upcoming trial (see here in the DirectRT manual for more information: http://www.empirisoft.com/directrt/h...l_interval.htm.

    I've attached an example .csv file that should do what you want. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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