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A Two-interval Forced-choice Task for Multisensory Comparisons
Published on: November 9, 2018
Dynamical vs. judgmental comparison: hysteresis effects in motion perception
Howard S Hock1, Lori Bukowski, David F Nichols
1Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA. hockhs@fau.edu
Abstract:
Perceptual comparison was investigated by gradually varying the relative length of two apparent motion paths, and independently determining when an initial percept was lost during the course of attribute change and when an alternative percept emerged. Dynamical comparison was indicated by a range of attribute values for which perception was bistable. Within this range, a percept that lost stability was immediately replaced by an alternative percept. Judgmental comparison was indicated by a range of attribute values for which perception was uncertain. When an initial percept was lost, an alternative percept did not immediately emerge because the alternatives being compared could not be distinguished. Differences in the effects of random noise on dynamical vs. judgmental comparison were demonstrated with computational simulations, and implications are discussed for motion energy models and solutions to the motion correspondence problem.
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