THE METHOD OF CONSTANT STIMULI IS INEFFICIENT

被引：61

作者：

WATSON, AB

FITZHUGH, A

机构：

[1] NASA,AMES RES CTR,VIS GRP,MOFFETT FIELD,CA 94035

[2] HEWLETT PACKARD CO,PALO ALTO,CA 94304

来源：

PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS | 1990年 / 47卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.3758/BF03208169

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Simpson (1988) has argued that the method of constant stimuli is as efficient as adaptive methods of threshold estimation, and has supported this claim with simulations. We show that Simpson's simulations are not a reasonable model of the experimental process, and that more plausible simulations confirm that adaptive methods are much more efficient than the method of constant stimu1i. © 1990 Psychonomic Society, Inc.

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页码：87 / 91

页数：5

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