# psychopy_ext.exp.Task.before_task

`Task.``before_task`(text=None, wait=0.5, wait_stim=None, **kwargs)

  Shows text from docstring explaining the task.

  Kwargs: | text (str, default: None) Text to show. wait (float, default: .5) How long to wait after the end of showing instructions, in seconds. wait_stim (stimulus or a list of stimuli, default: None) During this waiting, which stimuli should be shown. Usually, it would be a fixation spot. **kwargs Other parameters for `show_text()`