Institute for Language Sciences Labs

Experiments

Match Picture to Picture

Info

  • Boilerplate experiment (default)
  • Author(s): CPA van Run
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Description

Purpose of this ZEP experiment is to measure a participant’s ability to link one picture to another. For each trial three images are presented simultaneously.

Participant’s task is to select which of the two images best match the third image. Experiment is self-paced, has visual appealing features, and some instruction.

Installation instructions

To run the experiment you need the Zep experiment control application. At the ILS Labs this is already installed on all systems. To install Zep at home or on your personal laptop go to this link and follow instructions there.

To install this experiment:

  1. Download the experiment from this link.
  2. Extract the .zip-file into a target folder (any location will do).
  3. This will produce an experiment folder under the target folder.
  4. Read the readme that comes with the experiment.
  5. Open the console application (under Windows click windows-terminal.bat, under Linux click linux-terminal.sh) and type the following command:zep pictopic
    In this command pictopic represents the name of the experiment you wish to run.

Attention!

This experiment script comes with absolutely no warranty. It is your responsibility to pilot test the script and analyze the results before using the script for your research. Be sure to know what the adjustable parameters of the script mean and check whether the script presents stimuli and records responses exactly as you want it to. If necessary, ask the author of the script to explain the things you do not yet understand.