MAP

function [nextStep, msg]=Levitt2 (decision, currentValue)

global LevittControl withinRuns

% descision is a string: 'hit' or 'miss'

% current value is the value of the variable parameter (e.g. level)

% msg:

%     msg='' indicates trial progressing successfully

%     msg='done' indicates that a threshold estimate has been found

%     msg='maximum level exceeded'

%     msg='maximum no of trials exceeded'

% Initialize by running Levitt2 without arguments

%  later LevittControl will be set in aReadAndCheckParameterBoxes in  expGUI_MT

if nargin==0

    LevittControl.peakTroughValues=[];

    LevittControl.trialRunning=0;

    LevittControl.sequence='****';

    LevittControl.LevittValuesUsed=[NaN NaN NaN NaN];

    LevittControl.TurnsToSmallSteps=4; % 2 peaks and 2 troughs

    LevittControl.direction='same';

    LevittControl.prevDirection='easier';

    LevittControl.Nreversals=0;

    LevittControl.trialRunning=1;

    LevittControl.meanPeakTrough=NaN;

    LevittControl.sd=NaN;

    msg='';

    return

end

% apply Levitt rules to find next stimulus value

rule=LevittControl.rule;

sequence=LevittControl.sequence;

meanPT=LevittControl.meanPeakTrough;

sdPT=LevittControl.sd;

% response sequence: '+' is a hit and '-' is a miss.

if strcmp(decision,'hit')

    sequence=[sequence '+'];

else

    sequence=[sequence '-'];

end

LevittControl.LevittValuesUsed=[LevittControl.LevittValuesUsed withinRuns.levelList(end)];

switch rule

    case '++'

        peakCriterion='-++';

        troughCriteria={'++ -', '++ +-'};

    case '+++'

        peakCriterion='-+++';

        troughCriteria={'+++ -', '+++ +-', '+++ ++-'};

    otherwise

        error('Levitt:')

end

troughs=[]; allTroughPtrs=[];

for i=1:length(troughCriteria)              % do all trough criteria

    troughCriterion=char(troughCriteria(i));% one criterion at a time

    % identify the location of a trough

    troughPtrs=findstr(sequence, troughCriterion) + length(troughCriterion)-1;

    % identify the level at which it occurred

    troughLevels=LevittControl.LevittValuesUsed(troughPtrs);

    % archive the list

    withinRuns.troughs=troughLevels;

    troughs=[troughs troughLevels];

    allTroughPtrs=[allTroughPtrs troughPtrs];

end

% only one peak criterion used

withinRuns.troughs=troughs;

peakPtrs=findstr(sequence,peakCriterion)+length(peakCriterion)-1;

peakLevels=LevittControl.LevittValuesUsed(peakPtrs);

withinRuns.peaks=peakLevels;

% almagamate and sort into date order

peakTroughList=[peakLevels troughs];

peakTroughPtrs=[peakPtrs allTroughPtrs];

[peakTroughPtrs idx]=sort(peakTroughPtrs);

% it needs to be sequenced so that the algorithm can take the last peaks

% and troughs

peakTroughList=peakTroughList(idx);

% adjust step size as the trial progresses

% a positive step size indicates the 'harder' direction

if length(peakTroughList)>=LevittControl.TurnsToSmallSteps

    currentStep=LevittControl.steadyLevittStep;

else

    currentStep=LevittControl.startLevelStep;

end

% base next stimulus on the basis of the sequence

%  any miss requires an 'easier' stimulus next time.

if strcmp(sequence(end),'-')

    nextStep= -currentStep;

    % success requires 2 or more successive hits

elseif strcmp(sequence(end-length(rule)+1:end),rule)

    sequence=[sequence ' '];  % add space to prevent success on successive trials

    LevittControl.LevittValuesUsed=[LevittControl.LevittValuesUsed NaN];

    nextStep=currentStep;

    % not enough hits to provoke a change

else

    nextStep=0;

end

LevittControl.sequence=sequence;

LevittControl.Nreversals=length(peakTroughList);

% compute threshold estimate

% only if minReversals exceeded and even number of peaks and troughs

if LevittControl.Nreversals>=LevittControl.minReversals && rem(length(peakTroughList),2)==0

    % use only the peaks and troughs at the end of the sequence

    peaksAndTroughs=peakTroughList(end-LevittControl.useLastNturns+1:end);

    disp(['peak/trough sequence= ' num2str(peaksAndTroughs, '%6.0f') ] )

    meanPT=mean(peaksAndTroughs);

    sdPT=std(peaksAndTroughs);

    LevittControl.meanPeakTrough=meanPT;

    LevittControl.sd=sdPT;

    fprintf('Levitt, mean, sd= %6.1f,%6.1f\n', meanPT, sdPT)

    % final check that the sd is low enough

    if sdPT<LevittControl.targetsdPT

        nextValue=currentValue;

        msg='done';

        return

    end

end

nextValue=currentValue + nextStep;

if nextValue>LevittControl.maxLevittValue

    msg='maximum level exceeded'

    return

end

% required for later use

LevittControl.trialRunning=LevittControl.trialRunning+1;

LevittControl.peakTroughValues=peakTroughList;

if LevittControl.trialRunning>LevittControl.maxTrials

    msg='maximum no of trials exceeded'

    return

end

% Trial continues

msg='';