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usage: fslscheds = { … }

FSLSCHEDS is a ShowPlay string list variable that controls the generation of FSL-style 3-column schedule files on completion of a behavioral task. Values should be loaded into FSLSCHEDS as multiple lines of text.

Each line of FSLSCHEDS controls the creation of one schedule output file. The first word on the line should be the file name (no duplicates). Numbers following the name are a list of all stimulus file FSL event codes to be included in that schedule. The FSL event codes are the FSLDIGITS digits of the stimulus EVENTCODE in the stimulus list.

Example task:

showplay 0
preprocflg = 15
fsldigits = 11
fslscheds = {
rest         1
visual      10
motorslow   40 41 42
motorfast   30 31 32
motor       30 31 32 40 41 42
}
return

grayfix.jpg               1  0    0  6000 -1 -1
MODULE checkquads.txt    10  0   -1  9000 -1 -1
erase                     0  0   -1
grayfix.jpg               1  0   -1  3000 -1 -1
MODULE motor1.txt        30  0   -1  9000 -1 -1
grayfix.jpg               1  0   -1  3000 -1 -1
MODULE checkquads.txt    10  0   -1  9000 -1 -1
erase                     0  0   -1
grayfix.jpg               1  0   -1  3000 -1 -1
move.wav                 41  0   -1  1000	
tone1.wav                42  0   -1  1500
tone1.wav                42  0   -1  1500
tone1.wav                42  0   -1  1500
tone1.wav                42  0   -1  1500
grayfix.jpg               1  0   -1  3000 -1 -1
 ...

This example uses 3 stimulus module files, which will be inserted at the corresponding MODULE lines (the PREPROCFLAG line above controls that substitution). The module files contain:

CHECKQUADS.TXT
  checkQuads1a.jpg  11  0   -1   125  -1 -1
  checkQuads1b.jpg  12  0   -1   125  -1 -1
  checkQuads1a.jpg  11  0   -1   125  -1 -1
  checkQuads1b.jpg  12  0   -1   125  -1 -1
  ...
MOTOR1.TXT
  move.wav          31  0   -1  1000	
  tone1.wav         32  0   -1   500
  tone1.wav         32  0   -1   500
  tone1.wav         32  0   -1   500
  ...

Running this paradigm should result in the generation of 5 FSL-style schedule files:

sch_rest.txt          ; lists the timing of the rests (grayfix.jpg)
sch_visual.txt        ; lists the timing of the checkquads blocks
sch_motorslow.txt     ; lists the timing of the motor1 blocks
sch_motorfast.txt     ; lists the timing of the 41 and 42 code sounds
sch_motor.txt         ; lists the timing of all motor stimuli

You can include any number of schedule file names

Note 1: When generating the schedule file, all consecutive events belonging to that file's code list will be included together as a single line in the schedule file.

Note 2: Individual events can be included in multiple different schedule files if desired.

Note 3: The ERASE events in the example file have 0 for the FSL digits of the ID code; code 0 events are ignored when generating the schedule files.

See Also:
Fslflag, Fsldigits, Fslmask

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