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jspsych-similarity plugin

The similarity plugin displays two stimuli sequentially. The stimuli can be images or HTML objects. The subject uses a draggable slider that is shown on screen to give a response. The anchor labels for the slider can be specified.

Dependency

This plugin requires the jQuery UI javascript library and accompanying CSS theme. To use this library, you must include both. Google hosts versions of both, which you can use in your project by including the following two lines in the <head> section of the HTML document:

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.3/themes/black-tie/jquery-ui.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></link>

This example uses the 'black-tie' theme, but any theme should work.

Parameters

This table lists the parameters associated with this plugin. Parameters with a default value of undefined must be specified. Other parameters can be left unspecified if the default value is acceptable.

Parameter Type Default Value Description
stimuli array undefined Each element of the array is a pair of stimuli. Each pair is represented as an array with two entries, one for each stimulus. A stimulus can be either a path to an image file or a string containing valid HTML markup. Stimuli will be shown in the order that they are defined in the array. Each pair will be presented in its own trial, and thus the length of this array determines the total number of trials.
is_html boolean false If the elements of the stimuli array are strings containing HTML content, then this parameter must be set to true.
labels array ['Not at all similar', 'Identical'] Array of strings to label the slider. Labels will be evenly spaced based on how many are in the array, with the outermost elements always anchored to the ends of the slider.
intervals numeric 100 How many different choices are available on the slider. For example, 5 will limit the options to 5 different places on the slider. Default value is 100, to simulate a smooth slider.
show_ticks boolean false If true, then the slider will have tick marks indicating where the response options lie on the slider.
show_response string "SECOND_STIMULUS" Determines when the response slider will appear in the trial. "FIRST_STIMULUS" will show the response slider as soon as the first stimulus is shown. "SECOND_STIMULUS" will show the response slider as soon as the second stimulus is shown. "POST_STIMULUS" will show the response slider after the second stimulus disappears. Response time measure will start when the response slider appears.
timing_first_stim numeric 1000 How long to show the first stimulus for in milliseconds.
timing_second_stim numeric -1 How long to show the second stimulus for in milliseconds. -1 will show the stimulus until a response is made by the subject.
timing_image_gap numeric 1000 How long to show a blank screen in between the two stimuli.
prompt string "" This string can contain HTML markup. Any content here will be displayed below the stimulus. The intention is that it can be used to provide a reminder about the action the subject is supposed to take.

Data Generated

In addition to the default data collected by all plugins, this plugin collects the following data for each trial.

Name Type Value
stimulus string Either the path to the image file or the string containing the HTML formatted content that the subject saw first on this trial.
stimulus_2 string Either the path to the image file or the string containing the HTML formatted content that the subject saw second on this trial.
sim_score numeric The position of the slider when the subject submitted their response. Larger numbers are to the right on the slider. The range will depend on the value of the intervals parameter.
rt numeric The response time in milliseconds for the subject to make a response. The time is measured from when the response slider first appears on the screen until the subject's response.

Example