【Day32 文献精读】Space-time dependencies in psychophysical judgment of extent and duration: Algebraic...

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Jones, B., & Huang, Y. L. (1982). Space-time dependencies in psychophysical judgment of extent and duration: Algebraic models of the tau and kappa effects. PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN, 91(1), 128-142. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.91.1.128

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Abstract

1. Kappa and Tau effect are reviewed in vision, hearing, and touch and with various psychological procedures(absolute and relative judgements task, reproduction adjustment task).

2. Present a model in which spatial, or temporal, judgments in context are a weighted average of the given interval, temporal or spatial, and the expected time or distance that would be traversed at a given velocity.

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I. Spatial judgments and the temporal context

1. The classic demonstration of Tau effect was made by Helson and King(1931).

2. Bill and Teft observed negative time-order errors (TOE) which means the length of the first interval tended to be underestimated relative to the second.

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II. Temporal judgments and the spatial context

1. Cohen et al. (1953) again used a method of adjustment to demonstrate the kappa effect.

2. Newman and Lee(1972) found that the Kappa effect appears to depend strongly on phenomenal (apparent) rather than physical (actual) distance.

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III. Boundary conditions for Tau and Kappa

1. The range of the ex