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Timeout Keyword

<Timeout N1>
<t N1>
<Timeout designator>
<t designator>

counter designators:
counter.name.
c.name.
counterN2
cN2


    T parameter and switch alternative.  Sets the subject response timeout in milliseconds to N1 or the keyword version can take the value of the designated counter (be it named with .name. or numbered with N2) at item parsing time, default value is 4000ms.  Note that this keyword's format is a little different from other keywords that allow you to specify a counter for their parameter as here classic numbered counters are only legal with a c or counter before the number as a stand alone number by itself is a literal timeout value in milliseconds, not a counter number.

   The ability to use a counter exists primarily to facilitate fixed time experiments where the subject only gets a certain time to respond to as many items as they can:

+250 <set c1=50000> <t c1> "#########"/*"RELUCTANT"/;
+250 <set c1=c1-lastrt> <t c1> "#########"/*"LANDSCAPE"/ <bi 999, c1 .le. 0>;
-250 <set c1=c1-lastrt> <t c1> "#########"/*"CORTINDON"/ <bi 999, c1 .le. 0>;
-250 <set c1=c1-lastrt> <t c1> "#########"/*"SPORINTIC"/ <bi 999, c1 .le. 0>;
...
999 L "End of Experiment";



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