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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual Perception

Background:

  • Perceptual latency is commonly assessed using reaction time (RT) and temporal order judgment (TOJ) tasks.
  • Previous research shows dissociations between RT and TOJ, particularly with changes in stimulus intensity.
  • Stimulus intensity affects RT more than perceptual latency in TOJ tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the differential effects of stimulus size on motor latency (RT) versus perceptual latency (TOJ).
  • To determine if stimulus size influences perceived timing more than reaction speed.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed reaction time (RT) tasks and temporal order judgment (TOJ) tasks with visual stimuli.
  • Stimulus size was manipulated while luminance intensity remained constant.
  • A simultaneity judgment task was used to replicate TOJ findings and rule out response biases.

Main Results:

  • Larger stimulus size led to significantly longer perceptual latencies in TOJ tasks (up to 40 ms).
  • Smaller stimuli were perceived as appearing earlier than larger stimuli.
  • Reaction times (RT) were minimally affected by changes in stimulus size.

Conclusions:

  • Stimulus size has a stronger influence on perceived timing (perceptual latency) than on motor response initiation (RT).
  • The findings suggest that stimulus size affects the subjective experience of when an event occurs.
  • The observed effects are likely related to genuine alterations in perceived timing rather than task-specific response biases.