Absolute intensity discrimination using two responses.

D M Green; S M von Gierke; T E Hanna

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Absolute intensity discrimination using two responses.

D M Green·S M von Gierke·T E Hanna

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The observer was asked to judge whether a comparison sound was more or less intense than a standard sound of 60 dB SPL. The sounds were broadband noises of 100-ms duration. The independent variables were the range of intensities used in the set of comparison sounds and the presence or absence of feedback. The main dependent variable was the variability of such judgments, which was measured from the psychometric function. The variability, measured in terms of the Weber function, increased from about 1.5 to 4 dB when the stimulus range changed from 10 to 60 dB. Increases in stimulus range increased the variability of the binary judgments in this task, as they had in previous experiments where multiple responses were required. Feedback improved performance primarily at the largest ranges. Only a small fraction of these changes in variability stems from sequential effects.

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D M Green, S M von Gierke, T E Hanna. 1986. Absolute intensity discrimination using two responses.. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.393465

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