week 11 Flashcards
general intelligence tests are more predictive of performacne in what phase?
1
perceptual-speed abilities are more prediucitive of performance in phase??
2
psychomotor abilities are more predictive in phase ?
3
shams et 2000
discovered the sound-induced flash illusion
not everyone has the same temporal binding window (TBW)
there are some individual variations, and individual differences in temporal binding
does variation exist in individual experiences with the sound-induced flash illusion
yes, but they may be too small at the neurophysiological level
what can we use to understand perceptual thresholds
behavioral methods
- asking people when the flash then measuring that
the temporal binding window
- varies between participants
- can be determined experimentally using psychophysics (operant conditioning)
how could you determine the perceptual threshold for an individual
“percecing them as 2 different events”
- stair case method
- find out what the minimum present the 2 stimuli at different time until they get the time they know there is 2 stimuli
- if the person knows there is 2 stimuli, switch up the order of times
on a psychometric curve - stimulus intensity at threshold
- point at which ppl at 50%
- able to detect stimulus (its measuring threshold of when 50% of ppl can detect the stimulus)
signal detection theory- determing thresholds how?
variablitiy in detection thresholds (and binding windows) can be determined mathecmatically
gaussian distribution
how variability in detection thresholds is determined
about gaussian distribution
noise on one side signal+noise on the other
- need to seperate signal and noise
- can help figure out how long to detect signal
to detect a stimulus, individuals select a crterion
if the perceived intentsity is greater than the criterion
if the perceived intensity is less than the criterion
if the perceived intensity is greater than the criterion
stimulus is detected
if the perceived intensity is less than the criterion
stimulus is undetected
possible outcomes
hit
false alarm
correct rejections
miss
hit
correct response
false alarm
incorrect yes
- we say a signal is there but its actually just noise
- no signal
correct rejection
correct no
- no presence of stimulus
miss
incorrect no
- signal is presented but just noise is identified
individual difference in sensory processing
- interested in variation sensory thresholds
what is d-prime
a measure of sensitivity and estimates the standardized difference between the mean of 2 distributions
%hits
proportions of hits (hits/total presentations )
%false alarms
proportion of false alarms (flase alarms/non-presentations
convent proportions to Z-scores using Z-tables
d= Z (%hits)- Z (%false alarms)
what does calulating d- prime help with
interpretating individual difference in sensory integration
each individuals nervous system
use differnt criteria
- can reflect a combination of individual differences in strategy and processing
stevenson et al, 2012
investigated if individual difference in the perception of McGurk stimulus could be related to variability in the temporal binding window of participants
results of stevenson 2012 - left window
- no relationship between perception McGurk effect and left temporal binding window
results of stevenson 2012 - right window
individual with shorter temporal binding had higher likely hood of precepting the McGurk effect
how did stevenson use to determine the TBW
pscyhophysics
what do most motor control and learning paradigms use
individual differences analyses as supplementary analyses
individual differences analyses as supplementary analyses
when no group differnce are found, researchers often look for individual differences
Lebar et al, 2015
examined participants brain response to visual stimuli during a mirror-reversed drawing tasks
results of lebar et al, 2015
- did not find any difference in brain response to visual stimuli in mirror-reversed vs normal drawing conditions
results of lebar et al, 2015 high performers
showed increased visual cortex activation during drawing when compared to low performers
how can we design an experiment to examine if high performers’ really do show increases in brain activity
- training-studies
- between-group differences
example of a between group studies
test art students compared to kin students
meausre brain activity
example of training studies
pre and post measure’s
- measure before then send to training art school then measure after the training