Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning
Time-order errors (TOEs) occur when the discriminability between two stimuli are affected by the order in which they are presented. While TOEs have been studied since the 1860s, it is unknown whether the spatial properties of a stimulus will affect this temporal phenomenon. In this experiment, we as...
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| description | Time-order errors (TOEs) occur when the discriminability between two stimuli are affected by the order in which they are presented. While TOEs have been studied since the 1860s, it is unknown whether the spatial properties of a stimulus will affect this temporal phenomenon. In this experiment, we asked whether perceived duration, or duration discrimination, might be influenced by whether two intervals in a standard two-interval method of constants paradigm were spatially overlapping in visual short-term memory. Two circular sinusoidal gratings (one standard and the other a comparison) were shown sequentially and participants judged which of the two was presented for a longer duration. The test stimuli were either spatially overlapping (in different spatial frames) or separate. Stimulus order was randomized between trials. The standard stimulus lasted 600 ms, and the test stimulus had one of seven possible values (between 300 and 900 ms). There were no overall significant differences observed between spatially overlapping and separate stimuli. However, in trials where the standard stimulus was presented second, TOEs were greater, and participants were significantly less sensitive to differences in duration. TOEs were also greater in conditions involving a saccade. This suggests there is an intrinsic memory component to two interval tasks in that the information from the first interval has to be stored; this is more demanding when the standard is presented in the second interval. Overall, this study suggests that while temporal information may be encoded in some spatial form, it is not dependent on visual short-term memory. |
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| spelling | nottingham-412632020-05-04T18:37:23Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41263/ Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning Harrison, Charlotte Binetti, Nicola Mareschal, Isabelle Johnston, Alan Time-order errors (TOEs) occur when the discriminability between two stimuli are affected by the order in which they are presented. While TOEs have been studied since the 1860s, it is unknown whether the spatial properties of a stimulus will affect this temporal phenomenon. In this experiment, we asked whether perceived duration, or duration discrimination, might be influenced by whether two intervals in a standard two-interval method of constants paradigm were spatially overlapping in visual short-term memory. Two circular sinusoidal gratings (one standard and the other a comparison) were shown sequentially and participants judged which of the two was presented for a longer duration. The test stimuli were either spatially overlapping (in different spatial frames) or separate. Stimulus order was randomized between trials. The standard stimulus lasted 600 ms, and the test stimulus had one of seven possible values (between 300 and 900 ms). There were no overall significant differences observed between spatially overlapping and separate stimuli. However, in trials where the standard stimulus was presented second, TOEs were greater, and participants were significantly less sensitive to differences in duration. TOEs were also greater in conditions involving a saccade. This suggests there is an intrinsic memory component to two interval tasks in that the information from the first interval has to be stored; this is more demanding when the standard is presented in the second interval. Overall, this study suggests that while temporal information may be encoded in some spatial form, it is not dependent on visual short-term memory. Frontiers 2017-03-10 Article PeerReviewed Harrison, Charlotte, Binetti, Nicola, Mareschal, Isabelle and Johnston, Alan (2017) Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning. Frontiers in Psychology, 8 . 340/1-340/6. ISSN 1664-1078 visual perception time perception visual short-term memory (VSTM) retinotopy spatiotopy time-order errors http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00340/full doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00340 doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00340 |
| spellingShingle | visual perception time perception visual short-term memory (VSTM) retinotopy spatiotopy time-order errors Harrison, Charlotte Binetti, Nicola Mareschal, Isabelle Johnston, Alan Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning |
| title | Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning |
| title_full | Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning |
| title_fullStr | Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning |
| title_short | Time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning |
| title_sort | time-order errors in duration judgment are independent of spatial positioning |
| topic | visual perception time perception visual short-term memory (VSTM) retinotopy spatiotopy time-order errors |
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