Spatial four-alternative forced-choice method is the preferred psychophysical method for naïve observers

Journal of Vision

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Jäkel, Frank ^a,b   Wichmann, Felix A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias; Efficiency; Overdispersion; Psychophysical methods; Psychophysics; Reliability; Sensory determinacy; Temporal and spatial forced choice procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORCE; HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RELIABILITY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOPHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751308878     PISSN: 15347362     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/6.11.13     Document Type: Article

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