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    • Psychophysics
    • Sensory Perception
    • Thermal Sensation

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    • Time order errors, such as the delay between stimuli, are recognized in various fields.
    • The influence of these errors on thermal discrimination tasks remains largely unexplored.
    • Understanding temporal factors is crucial for accurate sensory perception research.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the effect of inter-stimulus interval (ISI) on thermal perception.
    • To quantify how different time delays between thermal stimuli influence discrimination thresholds.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a thermal discrimination task employing a staircase method.
    • Presented two non-zero thermal stimuli with varying inter-stimulus intervals (0s, 3s, 9s).
    • Measured the just-noticeable difference (JND) for each ISI condition.

    Main Results:

    • The just-noticeable difference (JND) at ISI=0s was 3.10.
    • JND increased by 11.9% at ISI=3s and 21.2% at ISI=9s.
    • Statistical analysis confirmed a significant effect of ISI on thermal perception (p < 0.05).

    Conclusions:

    • Inter-stimulus interval is a significant factor affecting thermal perception.
    • Longer ISIs lead to higher thermal discrimination thresholds.
    • Future research should standardize and report ISI in thermal perception studies.