Perceptual sensitivity to dialectal and generational variations in vowels

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Allen Fox ◽  
Ewa Jacewicz
Keyword(s):  
Perceptual Sensitivity ◽  
Generational Variations

Associations between collectivism and perception of social threat: a signal detection approach

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuong-Van Vu ◽  
Catrin Finkenauer ◽  
Lydia Krabbendam
Keyword(s):  
Signal Detection ◽  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Emotional Expressions ◽  
Social Threat ◽  
Threat Detection ◽  
Perceptual Sensitivity ◽  
Detection Approach ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
The Individual

Collectivistic orientation, which entails interdependent self-construal and concern for interpersonal harmony and social adjustment, has been suggested to be associated with detecting emotional expressions that signal social threat than individualistic orientation, which entails independent self-construal. The present research tested if this detection is a result of enhanced perceptual sensitivity or of response bias. We used country as proxy of individualism and collectivism (Country IC), measured IC of individuals with a questionnaire (Individual IC) and manipulated IC with culture priming (Situational IC). Dutch participants in the Netherlands (n = 143) and Chinese participants in China (n = 151) performed a social threat detection task where they had to categorize ambiguous facial expressions as “angry” or “not angry”. As the stimuli varied in degrees of scowling and frequency of presentation, we were able to measure the participants' perceptual sensitivity and response bias following the principles of the Signal Detection Theory. On the Country IC level, the results indicated that individualism-representative Dutch participants had higher perceptual sensitivity than collectivism-representative Chinese participants; whereas, Chinese participants were more biased towards categorizing a scowling face as “angry” than the Dutch (i.e. stronger liberal bias). In both groups, collectivism on the Individual IC was associated with a bias towards recognizing a scowling face as “not angry” (i.e. stronger conservative bias). Culture priming (Situational IC) affected neither perceptual sensitivity nor response bias. Our data suggested that cultural differences were in the form of behavioral tendency and IC entails multiple constructs linked to different outcomes in social threat detection.

The role of the Big Five personality factors in vigilance performance and workload

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Laurie Rose ◽  
Laura Bennett Murphy ◽  
Lynn Byard ◽  
Katherina Nikzad
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Times ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
False Alarms ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Perceptual Sensitivity ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Perceived Workload ◽  
Big Five Personality Factors ◽  
Task Parameters

Using the five‐factor personality model, the present study explored the influence of personality factors on sustained attention and perceived workload. Ninety‐six college‐aged participants were administered a 12 minute vigilance fast event rate task. Following the vigil, participants were asked to first, rate their perceived workload of the task using the NASA‐TLX, and then second, complete the NEO‐PI‐R personality inventory. Traditional measures of hits, false alarms, and reaction times were examined as well as the signal detection indices of perceptual sensitivity and response bias. Extraversion correlated with false alarms (r = 0.181; eta2 = 0.055) and conscientiousness correlated with both false alarms (r = −0.275, eta2 = 0.097) and perceptual sensitivity (r = 0.227, eta2 = 0.052). With regard to perceived workload, neuroticism was related to perceived frustration (r = 0.238, eta2 = 0.057). The findings are discussed in terms of theoretical implications, impact of task parameters, and practical applications. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Effects of native language on perceptual sensitivity to phonetic cues

Neuroreport ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 653-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Brandmeyer ◽  
Peter W.M. Desain ◽  
James M. McQueen
Keyword(s):  
Native Language ◽  
Perceptual Sensitivity ◽  
Phonetic Cues

Alpha oscillations shape sensory representation and perceptual sensitivity

2021 ◽  
pp. JN-RM-1114-21
Author(s):  
Ying Joey Zhou ◽  
Luca Iemi ◽  
Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen ◽  
Floris P. de Lange ◽  
Saskia Haegens
Keyword(s):  
Perceptual Sensitivity ◽  
Sensory Representation ◽  
Alpha Oscillations

Children’s perceptual sensitivity to optic flow-like visual motion differs from adults.

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 1810-1821
Author(s):  
Yiming Qian ◽  
Andrea R. Seisler ◽  
Rick O. Gilmore
Keyword(s):  
Optic Flow ◽  
Visual Motion ◽  
Perceptual Sensitivity

Perceptual Sensitivity and Conceptual Coordination in Children and Younger and Older Adults

1978 ◽  
Vol 21 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 334-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin L. West ◽  
Richard D. Odom ◽  
Jean R. Aschkenasy
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Perceptual Sensitivity
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