SelfPacedReading: Intact [Carver]

A intact version of Raymond Carver's 'So Much Water So Close To Home'. For details, see Bellana, Mahabal & Honey (2022) Narrative thinking lingers in spontaneous thought

by MemoryandMeaningLab

HTML

<!--TO START DEMO 1) CLICK THE RUN BUTTON 2) MOUSE OVER THE CONS=OLE WINDOW 3) USE ENTER TO BEGIN TASK-->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
  .spr {font-size: 30px;}
  #spr_text {
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 20pt;
    line-height: 1.1em;
    margin: 0;
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%)
  }
</style>
</head>
<spr>
  <div id="spr_text" class="stim-div">
    <p id = "spr_sentence" class = "spr">Sentence</p>
  </div>
</spr>
<div>
<br>
<br>
</div>
</html>


<script>
var story = {
	"row": [
	  {
	    "Story": "***",
	    "order": "1",
	    "num_char": "3",
	    "num_words": "1",
	    "section": "1",
	    "rand": "0.187606"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "My husband eats with a good appetite.",
	    "order": "2",
	    "num_char": "37",
	    "num_words": "7",
	    "section": "1.1",
	    "rand": "0.898171597"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "But I don't think he's really hungry.",
	    "order": "3",
	    "num_char": "37",
	    "num_words": "7",
	    "section": "1.1",
	    "rand": "0.991568191"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "He chews, arms on the table, and stares at something across the room.",
	    "order": "4",
	    "num_char": "69",
	    "num_words": "9",
	    "section": "1.1",
	    "rand": "0.764296516"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "He looks at me and looks away.",
	    "order": "5",
	    "num_char": "30",
	    "num_words": "7",
	    "section": "1.1",
	    "rand": "0.353247822"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "He wipes his mouth on the napkin.",
	    "order": "6",
	    "num_char": "33",
	    "num_words": "7",
	    "section": "1.1",
	    "rand": "0.306258565"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "He shrugs, and goes on eating.",
	    "order": "7",
	    "num_char": "30",
	    "num_words": "6",
	    "section": "1.1",
	    "rand": "0.172423844"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "\"What are you staring at me for?\" he says.",
	    "order": "8",
	    "num_char": "44",
	    "num_words": "9",
	    "section": "1.1",
	    "rand": "0.480980938"
	  },
	  {
	 ...

JavaScript

//Press enter to progress through story