# Timers across trials

**URL:** <https://mworks.discourse.group/t/timers-across-trials/937>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 15, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/timers-across-trials/937 "2023-12-15T14:27:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![meyert11](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/meyert11/32/607_2.png) [@meyert11](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/meyert11)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/timers-across-trials/937/1 "2023-12-15T14:27:58Z")

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Hey Chris,

Do all timers get reset at the end of a trial? Is it possible to have a timer start, then run across trials?

Situation: we want to stimulate the brain longer than our monkey can fixate, so we are thinking about starting the stimulation and timer at the end of the last trial, and to continue through the ITI and into the next trial. Is that possible?

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**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/timers-across-trials/937/2 "2023-12-15T15:07:32Z")

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Hi Travis,

While the experiment is running, a timer won’t reset until your invoke [start\_timer](https://mworks.github.io/documentation/latest/components/start_timer.html) on it again. So yes, you can do exactly what you propose.

Cheers,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![cstawarz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/mworks.discourse.group/cstawarz/32/3_2.png) [@cstawarz](https://mworks.discourse.group/u/cstawarz)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://mworks.discourse.group/t/timers-across-trials/937/3 "2024-01-02T14:49:35Z")

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Closed on January 2, 2024, 2:49pm UTC