PEBL Hub — IRB Fact Sheet — 2026-08-23
Finger Tapping Task
Category:Motor
Duration:~5 minutes
Parameters:3 configurable parameters available
Version:1.0
Input:Keyboard
Description
A keyboard tapping task measuring low-level motor ability and psychomotor speed. Modeled after the Finger Tapping or Oscillation task from the Reitan Test Battery. Participants tap a key as quickly as possible for multiple trials, testing dominant and/or non-dominant hand.
Notes
- May be impacted by fatigue and sleep deprivation; norms from Reitan Test Battery may not apply to keyboard version
Key Parameters
| trialtime | Duration of each trial in seconds (default: 10) |
| testtype | (default: both) |
| maxtrials | Maximum number of trials per hand (default: 8) |
| usekeypad | Use keyboard number pad (0=use A key, 1=use keypad 0) (default: 0) |
Example Data Output (5 sample rows)
| sub | trial | domhand | hand | tap | sumtime | trialtime | rt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | Right | Right | 1 | 26 | 27 | 26 |
| 11 | 1 | Right | Right | 2 | 197 | 201 | 171 |
| 11 | 1 | Right | Right | 3 | 359 | 366 | 162 |
| 11 | 1 | Right | Right | 4 | 531 | 541 | 172 |
| 11 | 1 | Right | Right | 5 | 695 | 708 | 164 |