[Reproduction of time intervals by humans predicting signals]. 1987

M V Poliakova, and A G Smirnov, and O F Soldatova

Three series of experiments were carried out on 21 subjects. In the first series the subjects were presented with two temporal intervals--500 and 800 ms, limited by electrocutaneous stimuli of 1 ms duration. According to the instruction, the subjects reproduced them, pressing the left or right button, correspondingly. In the other two series, the subjects made the prognosis of presentation of the one or the other interval by corresponding reaction, after which they were presented with the real interval (at P = 0.5/05 in the 2nd series and P = 0.2/08 in the 3d series), which also had to be reproduced. In reproduction of temporal intervals without preliminarily prognosis, the number of wrong reactions reached 12%. In conditions of preliminary prognosis at equally probable signals distribution, the number of wrong reactions was equal to the number of correct ones, and at different probabilities, for rather improbable signals it exceeded twice,--and for more probable--it was twice less than the number of correct responses. Besides, the accuracy of interval reproduction depended on the prognosis of signals distribution but it could correspond to the really perceived interval and not to the interval chosen at prognosis. The reaction time, as the experiments showed, at prognosis was significantly greater than the reaction time of interval reproduction.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011336 Probability The study of chance processes or the relative frequency characterizing a chance process. Probabilities
D011601 Psychophysics The science dealing with the correlation of the physical characteristics of a stimulus, e.g., frequency or intensity, with the response to the stimulus, in order to assess the psychologic factors involved in the relationship. Psychophysic
D011930 Reaction Time The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed. Response Latency,Response Speed,Response Time,Latency, Response,Reaction Times,Response Latencies,Response Times,Speed, Response,Speeds, Response
D002755 Choice Behavior The act of making a selection among two or more alternatives, usually after a period of deliberation. Approach Behavior,Approach Behaviors,Behavior, Approach,Behavior, Choice,Behaviors, Approach,Behaviors, Choice,Choice Behaviors
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013998 Time Perception The ability to estimate periods of time lapsed or duration of time. Temporal Perception,Temporal Processing,Time Processing,Perception, Temporal,Perception, Time,Processing, Temporal,Processing, Time

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