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Identification and bisection of temporal durations and tone frequencies: common models for temporal and nontemporal stimuli
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Brown, G. D. A., McCormack, Teresa, Smith, Mark and Stewart, Neil (2005) Identification and bisection of temporal durations and tone frequencies: common models for temporal and nontemporal stimuli. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol.31 (No.5). pp. 919-938. doi:10.1037/0096-1523.31.5.919 ISSN 0096-1523.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.31.5.919
Abstract
Two experiments examined identification and bisection of tones varying in temporal duration (Experiment 1) or frequency (Experiment 2). Absolute identification of both durations and frequencies was influenced by prior stimuli and by stimulus distribution. Stimulus distribution influenced bisection for both stimulus types consistently, with more positively skewed distributions producing lower bisection points. The effect of distribution was greater when the ratio of the largest to smallest stimulus magnitude was greater. A simple mathematical model, temporal range frequency theory, was applied. It is concluded that (a) similar principles describe identification of temporal durations and other stimulus dimensions and (b) temporal bisection point shifts can be understood in terms of psychophysical principles independently developed in nontemporal domains, such as A. Parducci's (1965) range frequency theory.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Perception -- Modeling, Human information processing | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance | ||||
Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||
ISSN: | 0096-1523 | ||||
Official Date: | October 2005 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.31 | ||||
Number: | No.5 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 919-938 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1037/0096-1523.31.5.919 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC) | ||||
Grant number: | R000239351 (ESRC), R000239002 (ESRC), 88/S15050 (BBSRC) |
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