Experiment Design

Checking a lab.js task before data collection: a worked example with the flanker task

A task that runs is not necessarily a task that records what the analysis needs. This post walks through the checks Open Lab runs on every Task Library paradigm, using the flanker task as the example: a complete automated run, measured screen durations, a run with skipped trials, a codebook, and a list of limitations.

1 October 2026