Recently added articles from Perception and Psychophysics:
Foreshortened tiles in paths converging on an observer viewing a picture: Elevation and visual angle ratio determine perceived size
Feb 01, 2009; ... Observers were shown wide-angle pictures of tiles on a ground plane and were asked about the aspect ratios of the tiles. The observers viewed the pictures from a fixed center of projection. Some of the tiles were in a path coming straight toward the observer. In one picture, the path came from ...
Understanding the underlying dimensions in perfumers' odor perception space as a basis for developing meaningful odor maps
Feb 01, 2009; ... Various low-dimensional perceptual maps of fragrances have been proposed in the literature, as well as sensory maps for the odor descriptors most frequently applied in perfumery. To reach a consensus, however, seems difficult, if at all possible. In the present study, we applied principal ...
Logical recoding of S-R rules can reverse the effects of spatial S-R correspondence
Feb 01, 2009; ... Two experiments investigated competing explanations for the reversal of spatial stimulus-response (S-R) correspondence effects (i.e., Simon effects) with an incompatible S-R mapping on the relevant, nonspatial dimension. Competing explanations were based on generalized S-R rules ...
A feature-weighting account of priming in conjunction search
Feb 01, 2009; ... Previous research on the priming effect in conjunction search has shown that repeating the target and distractor features across displays speeds mean response times but does not improve search efficiency: Repetitions do not reduce the set size effect-that is, the effect of the number of ...
Spatial attention does improve temporal discrimination
Feb 01, 2009; ... It has recently been stated that exogenous attention impairs temporal-resolution tasks (Hein, Rolke, & Ulrich, 2006; Rolke, Dinkelbach, Hein, & Ulrich, 2008; Yeshurun, 2004; Yeshurun & Levy, 2003). In comparisons of performance on spatially cued trials versus neutral cued trials, the ...