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Capture reaction time to specific button press

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I would like to measure how long it takes a user to press key 1 after display of an instruction key. I've tried using tic toc but from manually checking elapsed time, I know that the variable 'reaction' is not capturing the data correctly. Are there any other ways I could do this other than tic toc? Thanks
one=KbName('1!');
Screen('DrawText',win,'Please press 1',100,100)
Screen('Flip',win)
tic;
while KbEventAvail;
[evt,n]=KbEventGet();
if evt.Keycode==one & evt.Pressed==1;
reaction=toc;
end
end

Accepted Answer

LG
LG on 18 Mar 2022
I've found a solution through the following. Hope this helps others :)
one=KbName('1!');
Screen('DrawText',win,'Please press 1',100,100)
Screen('Flip', win)
onsetTime=GetSecs;
while KbEventAvail;
[evt,n]=KbEventGet();
if evt.Keycode==one & evt.Pressed==1;
reaction=evt.Time - onsetTime;
end
end

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David Hill
David Hill on 17 Mar 2022

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