Engram Completion Task (ECT)

An Engram Completion Task asks the subject to rebuild an “engram”, a phrase you provide, a set number of times. The subject picks each word of the phrase in order from four buttons: the correct next word and three wrong words drawn from your list. A correct pick advances to the next word; a wrong pick shows a punishment phrase and restarts the current attempt.

Engram tasks are repetition-focused hypnosis: the subject enters the phrase into their mind and reinforces it until it settles into long-term memory.

The session completes when the phrase has been completed the configured number of times.

Content tab

Text

The phrase to complete, word by word. The phrase is shown at the top of the screen throughout, and the words chosen so far are shown beneath it.

Tip: keep the phrase easy to repeat if the subject is likely to be deep in trance from earlier sessions. A long phrase or mixed letter-case makes the task much harder.

Iterations

Number of iterations for this session: how many completions finish the session.

Settings tab

Wrong Words to show in Engram Choices

The decoy words. For every choice, three are picked at random from this list and shuffled in with the correct word.

Tip: include the correct words with the wrong capitalisation to make the subject slow down and read carefully. Because the subject scans every button, words and phrases on the project’s theme in this list give a steady feed of reinforcement whether or not they make mistakes.

Punishment phrases to show if wrong word selected

Phrases shown full-screen after a wrong pick, chosen at random. The overlay stays for two seconds plus half a second for every five words in the phrase.

Optional features: Distractors, Wall Distractors, Audio and Custom CSS.

Custom CSS

The choice buttons are .button elements inside #buttons-top and #buttons-bottom; the phrase is .phrase-container. See Custom CSS.