Brunia, C.H.M & van Boxtel, G  (2004)

Anticipatory attention to verbal and non-verbal stimuli is reflected in a modality-specific SPN.

Summary

Investigates whether anticipatory attention is modality specific.

How The Experiment Works

Participants are to respond four seconds after an auditory start stimulus. Feedback is given two seconds after the response: ‘too short’, ‘correct’, or ‘too long’. This feedback is either verbal or nonverbal and either visual or auditory. The combinations of these differences determine the experimental conditions.

Each condition has its own block and each block has its own three rules. We use a timer parameter to measure participant response. If a timer parameter is within 3850 - 4150ms, then its respective ‘correct’ feedback will be presented. If it’s shorter than 3850ms, ‘too short’ will be presented and if it’s longer than 4150ms, ‘too long’ will be presented.

You can set the amount of times you want a condition to be tested by setting its block to loop said amount.

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