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Self-paced reading
I'm considering using DirectRT for psycholinguistic work. I'd like to know if there is any way to set up a moving window self-paced reading task. There are two issues as I see it - one in the set up of the stimuli, since one wants to be able to break down sentences into chunks in a simple manner. For example, is there a way to use stimuli broken down as follows:
1. In three minutes / the dog / climbed / the tree.
2. For three minutes / the dog / climbed / the tree.
Second is the question of whether the program can smoothly handle the moving window aspect, such that when the subject sees "the dog" it will be in a position to the right of where "in three minutes" was, with placeholder symbols for what has already been seen and what is to come.
Thanks!
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Moving Window
A long while back we produced a MovingWindow program for this kind of task. We don't support it anymore, mainly because it's been so long since we developed it (2005?). *But* we do now make it freely available to anyone with a current DirectRT license. So feel free to try it out, here are the links you'll need. You will also need a code, but it will explain that when you try to run it.
MovingWindow:
[URL="http://www.empirisoft.com/support/www.empirisoft.com/Download/movingwindow/movingwindow2.exe"]www.empirisoft.com\Download\movingwindow\movingwindow2.exe[/URL]
[URL="http://www.empirisoft.com/support/www.empirisoft.com/Download/movingwindow/readme.pdf"]www.empirisoft.com\Download\movingwindow\readme.pdf[/URL]
[URL="http://www.empirisoft.com\Download\movingwindow\license.pdf"]www.empirisoft.com\Download\movingwindow\license.pdf[/URL]
Let me know if you have any trouble,
Blair