def instImport(path):
    """
    instImport is a function for importing instruction text to be used in the experiment and does the required processing
        required inputs:
                        path: path of input file (as .txt)
        outputs: 
                        Variable with processed data as a list

    """
    # probably also write checks that the path points to a .txt and the outputName is a string

    with open(path, 'r') as f: #open file as object 
        processed_text = f.readlines()
    return processed_text