jsPsych/docs/markdown_docs/plugins/jspsych-text.md

jspsych-text plugin

This plugin is for showing instructions and other basic HTML content to the subject.

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
text	array	undefined	Each element of the array is the content for a single trial. Content for a trial is a string containing HTML formatted text (no HTML code is necessary, but it is allowed). The length of this array determines the total number of trials.
cont_key	array or 'mouse'	[ ]	This array contains the keys that the subject is allowed to press in order to advance to the next trial. Keys can be specified as their numeric key code or as characters (e.g. 'a', 'q'). The default value of an empty array means that all keys will be accepted as valid responses. If the value of 'mouse' is used, then clicking the mouse will advance to the next trial.

Data Generated

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

Name	Type	Value
key_press	numeric	Indicates which key the subject pressed. The value is the numeric key code corresponding to the subject's response.
rt	numeric	The response time in milliseconds for the subject to make a response. The time is measured from when the stimulus first appears on the screen until the subject's response.

Example

Showing a welcome message

var block = {
	type: 'text',
	text: 'Welcome to the experiment. Press any key to begin.'
}