Comparisons of two variants of the method of constant stimuli for estimating difference thresholds

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 189-192

  Lapid, Einat ^a   Ulrich, Rolf ^a   Rammsayer, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2AFC; Difference limen; Reminder task; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149127374     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.68.4.189     Document Type: Article

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