Biomedical subjects

S Dutch

Publications and source records attributed to S Dutch.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1987

Perceptual latency and spatial frequency.

Subjects estimated the perceived onset of sinusoidal gratings by adjusting a visual probe so that grating and probe were phenomenally simultaneous. The first experiment found that perceptual latency increased by an average of 21 msec over a range of 0.5-9.0 c/deg, or approximately 5 msec per octave of spatial frequency. A second experiment found, that when a fundamental frequency and its third harmonic at one third contrast are compared, a lag of between 21 and 25 msec for the higher frequency lower amplitude grating is obtained. These spatial frequency dependent delays are substantially lower than those reported using other methods.

Adult↗

PubMed1987

Pre-race drop-out in marathon runners: reasons for withdrawal and future plans.

This study examines the reasons given for non-participation in the 1984 Aberdeen Milk Marathon by those people who entered for the race but did not run. The major reason was found to be injury during training. The future running plans of the sample were also investigated and it was found that the vast majority aimed to continue marathon running. Around two-thirds of the sample had decided not to run at least two weeks before the day of the race. A third of the respondents indicated that they would have taken part in the race had there been a half marathon option.

Adult↗

PubMed1975

Identification by retarded and nonretarded children of stimuli varying along one, two, or three dimensions.

The effects of number and type of dimension of stimulus variation, type of dimensional combination, and delay of response upon the identification performance of retarded and nonretarded children were examined. A retarded-nonretarded subject difference in identification ability and delay effects found in an earlier study (Smith & Kaufman, 1972) was replicated, and a developmental effect for nonretarded children was found as well. A retarded-nonretarded subject interaction was indicated for the effects of increasing number of dimensions of variation and for the effects of type of dimensional combination (figure-figure combinations as opposed to figure-ground combinations).

Adolescent↗