Midterm 1 Definitions

Question 1

Hick’s Law

Answer 1

Describes the relationship between choice Reaction Time and number of Stimulus-Response Alternatives

Question 2

Psychological Refractory Period

Answer 2

The time cost of making a response to a stimulus directly after another response

Question 3

Efference copy

Answer 3

A copy of the motor command

Question 4

Muscle spindle

Answer 4

A proprioceptor located in parallel with extrafusal

muscle fibres, primarily detects changes in muscle length

Question 5

Action-centred interference

Answer 5

The spatial distribution of visual attention is dictated by the action goal

Question 6

Inhibition of return

Answer 6

Processing at the spatially cued location is inhibited for ~200ms following the cue

Question 7

Simon Effect

Answer 7

When an irrelevant directional/spatial feature of a stimulus affects reaction times to the stimulus

Question 8

Dorsal visual processing stream

Answer 8

Located in posterior parietal complex. Processes “where”/”how”

Question 9

Ventral visual processing stream

Answer 9

Located in inferotemporal cortex. Processes “what”

Question 10

IOR

Answer 10

Inhibition of return

Question 11

PRP

Answer 11

Psychological refractory period

Question 12

SOA

Answer 12

Stimulus onset asynchrony

Question 13

IRI

Answer 13

Interresponse interval

Question 14

RT

Answer 14

Reaction time

Question 15

CE

Answer 15

Constant error

Question 16

TMS

Answer 16

Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Question 17

MT

Answer 17

Movement time

Question 18

fMRI

Answer 18

Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Question 19

RMSE

Answer 19

Root mean square error

Question 20

EMG

Answer 20

Electromyography

Question 21

SRT

Answer 21

Serial reaction time

Question 22

EEG

Answer 22

Electroencephalography