SelfPacedReading: Sentence-scrambled [Carver]

A sentence-scrambled 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": "He slammed the receiver down.",
	    "order": "104",
	    "num_char": "29",
	    "num_words": "5",
	    "section": "3.1",
	    "rand": "0.007264106"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "I can see the men out there.",
	    "order": "121",
	    "num_char": "28",
	    "num_words": "7",
	    "section": "4.1",
	    "rand": "0.017778315"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "They built a fire and drank their whiskey.",
	    "order": "68",
	    "num_char": "42",
	    "num_words": "8",
	    "section": "2.1",
	    "rand": "0.02584034"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "He put his heavy arms around me and rubbed his big hands on my back.",
	    "order": "93",
	    "num_char": "68",
	    "num_words": "9",
	    "section": "3.1",
	    "rand": "0.025962235"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "I try on a hat and look at myself in the mirror.",
	    "order": "183",
	    "num_char": "48",
	    "num_words": "12",
	    "section": "6.1",
	    "rand": "0.02958992"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "Chairs creak as everybody gets settled.",
	    "order": "234",
	    "num_char": "39",
	    "num_words": "6",
	    "section": "8.1",
	    "rand": "0.030153806"
	  },
	  {
	    "Story": "But I don't need to listen.",
	    "order": "267",
	    "num_char": "27",
	    "num_words": "6",
	    "section": "9.1",
	    "rand": "0.041169218"
	  },
	  {
	   ...

JavaScript

//Press enter to progress through story