scholarly journals Judgments of perceptual groups: Reliability and sensitivity to stimulus transformation

1999 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
pp. 1320-1335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Compton ◽  
Gordon D. Logan
Keyword(s):  
Stimulus Transformation

scholarly journals Force transformation in spider strain sensors: white light interferometry

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (71) ◽  
pp. 1254-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clemens F. Schaber ◽  
Stanislav N. Gorb ◽  
Friedrich G. Barth
Keyword(s):  
White Light ◽  
Stimulus Range ◽  
Strain Sensors ◽  
Sensory Threshold ◽  
White Light Interferometry ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Force Transformation ◽  
Slit Length ◽  
Stimulus Transformation ◽  
The Individual

Scanning white light interferometry and micro-force measurements were applied to analyse stimulus transformation in strain sensors in the spider exoskeleton. Two compound or ‘lyriform’ organs consisting of arrays of closely neighbouring, roughly parallel sensory slits of different lengths were examined. Forces applied to the exoskeleton entail strains in the cuticle, which compress and thereby stimulate the individual slits of the lyriform organs. (i) For the proprioreceptive lyriform organ HS-8 close to the distal joint of the tibia, the compression of the slits at the sensory threshold was as small as 1.4 nm and hardly more than 30 nm, depending on the slit in the array. The corresponding stimulus forces were as small as 0.01 mN. The linearity of the loading curve seems reasonable considering the sensor's relatively narrow biological intensity range of operation. The slits' mechanical sensitivity (slit compression/force) ranged from 106 down to 13 nm mN −1 , and gradually decreased with decreasing slit length. (ii) Remarkably, in the vibration-sensitive lyriform organ HS-10 on the metatarsus, the loading curve was exponential. The organ is thus adapted to the detection of a wide range of vibration amplitudes, as they are found under natural conditions. The mechanical sensitivities of the two slits examined in this organ in detail differed roughly threefold (522 and 195 nm mN −1 ) in the biologically most relevant range, again reflecting stimulus range fractionation among the slits composing the array.

Levels of Stimulus Processing by the Squirrel Monkey: Relative and Absolute Judgements Compared

Perception ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 635-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan O McGonigle ◽  
Barry T Jones
Keyword(s):  
Squirrel Monkey ◽  
Squirrel Monkeys ◽  
Transformation Techniques ◽  
Stimulus Processing ◽  
Set Size ◽  
Processing Demands ◽  
Stimulus Transformation ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Absolute Basis ◽  
Selection Of

Nine squirrel monkeys were required to select from various sets of stimuli—differing in size or brightness—either in terms of relational criteria or on an absolute stimulus basis. The level of information processing required by each task was assessed by means of stimulus transformation techniques, variations in set size, and by the elimination of the visible context. It was found that some relational judgements make fewer processing demands on the subject than do absolute stimulus judgements; the ‘middle’ relation, however, appears much more difficult to use than selection of a stimulus on an absolute basis and may be beyond the competence of the squirrel monkey. The results are seen as support for the thesis as advanced by McGonigle and Jones that the criteria of judgement, when varied, change the depth of stimulus processing by monkey as well as man.

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