Effects of time-order, interstimulus interval, and feedback in duration discrimination of noise bursts in the 50- and 1000-ms ranges

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Hellström, Åke ^a   Rammsayer, Thomas H ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Perceptual discrimination; Psychophysical measurement; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 1942442877     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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