PRIMED and READy: A Multimodal Semantic Priming Task

This repository contains the Inquisit .iqx script for a cross-modal priming task designed to investigate semantic priming effects across auditory and visual modalities. The task presents an auditory prime followed by a visual target word, and participants judge whether the two words are semantically related.

Table of Contents

• About the Project
• Task
• Modifications and Authorship
• License

About the Project

Use Case

Originally developed for use in a neuroscience research context with fNIRS data collection. This task was used as one of several behavioral tasks in a larger cognitive and brain imaging study.

Languages Used

• Inquisit

Task

Modality

Auditory prime → Visual target

Trial Structure

1. Auditory word is played
2. Visual word is displayed
3. Participant responds:
   • A key = Related
   • L key = Unrelated

Trials

24 total (randomized)

Response types

Accuracy and latency are recorded

Estimated duration

~5 minutes

Output

Standard Inquisit .iqdat files

Requirements

Inquisit 6 Headphones (recommended)

Modifications

• Based on the original script by Katja Borchert, Ph.D. for Millisecond Software
• This version was adapted by Zoe Niesen in September 2024 for the NEU-4800 Neuroimaging course at Belmont University (09/2024)
• Original script: Millisecond Library – Subliminal Priming

License

This adaptation is for academic use only. The base script is © Millisecond Software and distributed under their licensing terms.