How to create stimuli for a flanker task?

A flanker task is a psychological task that measures the ability of an individual to selectively attend to specific stimuli in the presence of distractor stimuli. The creation of stimuli for a flanker task involves choosing a target stimulus and creating distracting stimuli to surround it. The key is to ensure that the distracting stimuli are identical to the target stimulus in terms of color and shape, but different from it in terms of orientation or position. These stimuli are then used to create a set of trials, which are presented to participants in a controlled manner to test their ability to selectively attend to the target stimulus. The stimuli for a flanker task can be created using various software programs and can be modified to suit the specific needs of the experiment.

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