This is a One-Part SONA Study.
This study is worth a total of 1 CREDIT, which you will earn If you complete this session.
Please note: A laptop or desktop computer is required for participants in this experiment.
Cell phones and tablets are not eligible. If you did not open the experiment with a laptop or desktop, please do not continue. Your response will not be recorded, and SONA CREDIT will not be granted. Thank you so much for your cooperation.
Please ensure you will not be disturbed by a cell phone or anything else while participating in this experiment.
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Please be advised: Your complete ATTENTION and FOCUS is required to participate in this experiment!
That means that you need to CONCENTRATE and do the absolute best that you can.
If you are unable to do so, please do not continue the experiment.
Click below if you are able to participate.

Today you will be learning word pairs, one pair at a time.
Please make sure this screen is in FULL SIZE or the pairs will not display properly.

The pairs will look like the image below.
Inside the circle, there will be the cue word.
The target word for each pair will be displayed at a randomly assigned location just outside the circle, indicated by a red rectangle bar displayed on the circumference of the circle.


Please CLOSELY STUDY each pair you see, and commit it to MEMORY.
It’s also very important to learn both the target word and the location of the red rectangle associated with each target word.


You will now see the same pairs again.
Each target word will appear at the same location as previously.

For some of the pairs, you will be asked to study, just as before.
This gives you more time to memorize.


Please remember that it's very important to learn both the target word and the location of the red rectangle associated with each target word.


For other pairs, you will be shown the cue word, and asked to first click on the circle where you remember having seen the target word for that cue word.
You will first be shown a screen that looks like this:

Move your mouse over the location on the circle circumference that is correct for that word.
Click on the location and a blue bar will appear.
You will only get one click per trial.
You will have 5 seconds to do so.

After 5 seconds, the correct location answer will appear.
The location will appear in red.
Please pay close ATTENTION to the correct location answer.

You will be asked to recall the target word
Please type the target in the textbox beside the red rectangle.
You will have 5 seconds to type the target word.


After 5 seconds, the correct answer will appear for 2 seconds.
Please pay close ATTENTION to the correct answer as you will later be tested again on each target word and its location.


You will now do some practice trials that contain a mixture of study and testing trails.
The training phase is intended to help you become familiar with the training procedure.
These are word pairs you have not encountered before.
Please follow the instructions and complete the practice trials.


We are about to start the main training phase. You will no longer see the instruction (e.g. "Click on the circle") on the slides.
Please remember that Your complete ATTENTION and FOCUS is required.


This concludes part one of session 1.
Please feel free to take a break but please take no more than FIVE minutes!

You will now add two digit numbers.

We will now assess your memory for the target words and their locations that you learned at the beginning of the study.

<> For each pair, you will be shown the cue word as before.
As before, we will first ask you to recall the location of the red rectangle associated with each target word that appeared previously.
Then, we will ask you to recall the target word.


You will be shown a screen that looks like this:


Move your mouse over the correct location on the circle that you learned in the first part of the experiment.
Click on the location and a blue bar will appear.
You will only get one click per trial.


After cliking on the circle, please click on "Click here to enter the target word" to proceed with entering the target word.
Please ensure that you only click on the bottom when the blue bar is displayed on the circumference of the circle.


You will then be shown a screen that looks like this.
Each pair will now be shown as a question, such as shoe-???.
Please type the ONE WORD answer that you believe is the target word.


If you are not sure exactly how to SPELL the correct answer, please still type it out as best as you can.
Try to be as ACCURATE as you can.
Note: CAPITALIZATION does not matter.
Click "Click here for the next word pair” to proceed to the next word pair.


Enter target word here:

Enter the answer here:

Enter your demographic information here:

Age:

Sex:
Male
Female

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