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- Citation and Abstract
Identification and Bisection of Temporal Durations and Tone Frequencies: Common Models for Temporal and Nontemporal Stimuli.
Brown, Gordon D. A.; McCormack, Teresa; Smith, Mark; Stewart, Neil
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol 31(5), Oct 2005, 919-938.
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. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)
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- 10.1037/0096-1523.31.5.919
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