Exclude the initial phase in a trial where the mouse was not moved. The corresponding samples (x- and y-positions and timestamps) in the trajectory data will be removed.
mt_exclude_initiation(
data,
use = "trajectories",
save_as = use,
dimensions = c("xpos", "ypos"),
timestamps = "timestamps",
reset_timestamps = TRUE,
verbose = FALSE
)a mousetrap data object created using one of the mt_import
functions (see mt_example for details). Alternatively, a trajectory
array can be provided directly (in this case use will be ignored).
a character string specifying which trajectory data should be used.
a character string specifying where the resulting trajectory data should be stored.
a character vector specifying the dimensions in the trajectory array that contain the mouse positions.
a character string specifying the trajectory dimension containing the timestamps.
logical indicating whether the timestamps should be reset after removing the initial phase without movement (see Details).
logical indicating whether function should report its progress.
A mousetrap data object (see mt_example) from which the
initial phase without mouse movement was removed. If the trajectory array
was provided directly as data, only the trajectory array will be
returned.
mt_exclude_initiation removes all samples (x- and y-positions as well
as timestamps) at the beginning of the trial during which the mouse was not
moved from its initial position. The last unchanged sample is retained in the
data.
If reset_timestamps == TRUE (the default), it subtracts the last
timestamp before a movement occurs from all timestamps , so that the series
of timestamps once more begin with zero. If the argument is set to
FALSE, the values of the timestamps are unchanged.
Please note that resetting the timestamps will result in changes in several
mouse-tracking measures, notably those which report timestamps (e.g.,
MAD_time). Typically, however, these changes are desired when using
this function.
mt_measures for calculating the initiation time.
mt_exclude_finish for removing a potential phase without mouse movement at the end of the trial.
mt_example <- mt_exclude_initiation(mt_example,
save_as="mod_trajectories")