Maylor, Elizabeth A., Rabbitt, Patrick and Connolly, S. A. V. (1989) Rate of processing and judgment of response speed: comparing the effects of alcohol and practice. Perception & Psychophysics, Vol.45 (No.5). pp. 431-438. doi:10.3758/BF03210717

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Abstract

Subjects judged whether two visual patterns had the same shape under conditions in which the patterns could vary orthogonally in size and orientation. Analyses of reaction times and errors indicated that, before judging the correspondence between shapes, subjects normalized orientational variation by means of a continuous mental rotation. However, an analogous normalization for variation in size was not detected, and thus no evidence for an internal operation of size scaling was obtained in this experiment. The latter result is at variance with previous findings, and we discuss two possible explanations for this lack of effect.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Alcohol -- Physiological effect, Reaction time -- Effect of drugs on , Judgment, Cognition -- Testing, Human information processing -- Effect of drugs on
Journal or Publication Title:	Perception & Psychophysics
Publisher:	Springer New York LLC
ISSN:	0031-5117
Official Date:	1989
Dates:	Date Event 1989 Published
Volume:	Vol.45
Number:	No.5
Page Range:	pp. 431-438
DOI:	10.3758/BF03210717
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Funder:	Medical Research Council of Great Britain (MRC)
Grant number:	G8221479 (MRC)

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