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- Title
Linking hypotheses underlying Class A and Class B methods.
- Authors
MORGAN, M.J.; MELMOTH, D.; SOLOMON, J.A.
- Abstract
Class A psychophysical observations are based on the linking hypothesis that perceptually distinguishable stimuli must correspond to different brain events. Class B observations are related to the appearance of stimuli not their discriminability. There is no clear linking hypothesis underlying Class B observations, but they are necessary for studying the effects of context on appearance, including a large class of phenomena known as “illusions.” Class B observations are necessarily measures of observer bias (Fechner’s “constant error”) as opposed to Class A measures of sensitivity (Fechner’s “variable error”). It is therefore important that Class B observations distinguish between response biases, decisional biases, and perceptual biases. This review argues that the commonly used method of single stimuli fails to do this, and that multiple-alternative forced choice (mAFC) methods can do a better job, particularly if combined with a roving pedestal.
- Publication
Visual Neuroscience, 2013, Vol 30, Issue 5/6, p197
- ISSN
0952-5238
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S095252381300045X