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MPI CyberMotion Simulator: Implementation of a Novel Motion Simulator to Investigate Multisensory Path Integration in Three Dimensions
Published on: May 10, 2012
What determines the detection of changes in motion velocity? A comment on Dzhafarov, Sekuler, and Allik (1993)
J Hohnsbein1, G Dimitrov, S Mateeff
1Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie, Dortmund, Germany. hohnsbein@arb-phys.uni-dortmund.de
Abstract:
We comment on a recent model aimed at explaining data on speed of reaction to motion onset and to changes in motion velocity. The model is based on calculating the running variance of the stimulus positions passed during the motion. We show that although the model is successful in explaining data on motion onset and suprathreshold velocity changes, it may not be able to explain data on time of reaction to changes in velocity when these are near the detection threshold.
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