The Tau and Anti-Tau Effects in Successively Presented Stimuli

Autor: Yoshiko Kojima, Michihiko Matsuda, Fumiko Matsuda
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Perceptual and Motor Skills. 91:1202-1208
ISSN: 1558-688X
0031-5125
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.3f.1202
Popis: It was confirmed by the reproduction method with 20 adults that (a) the tau effect, i.e., the greater the temporal separation between successively presented stimuli with a constant spatial interval, the greater the apparent spatial interval, occurred, especially in the situation in which the participants were assumed to form a set easily using temporal interval as the cue for spatial interval estimation, and (b) the anti- tau effect occurred in the special situation in which the participants were assumed to form a set using speed of an imaginary movement as the cue for it. These findings supported the hypothesis of “cue-selection sets.”
Databáze: OpenAIRE