scholarly journals Gestalt similarity principle, difference thresholds and pattern discriminability

1967 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 377-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvin G. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Similarity Principle ◽  
Difference Thresholds

Temperature of sugar solutions during tasting affects sweetness difference thresholds

LWT ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 138 ◽  
pp. 110676
Author(s):  
Harald Rohm ◽  
Bettina Wessel ◽  
Susann Zahn
Keyword(s):  
Difference Thresholds

Lifted-Weight Difference Thresholds as a Function of Hand

1978 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Siders ◽  
Harry Hoffman ◽  
Bradley B. Glanville
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Weight Difference ◽  
Left Handed ◽  
Perceived Weight ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
Difference Thresholds

A study was conducted to determine if the two hands of right-handers are differentially sensitive to changes in perceived weight. Using the method of limits, the left and right hands of 20 college students were tested at each of three reference weights: 90, 100, and 110 gm. Results indicated that, over-all, difference thresholds for the two hands were not reliably different, though a trend did emerge toward greater right-handed sensitivity to weight changes at smaller weights and greater left-handed sensitivity at greater weights.

Flutter Analysis of a Flexible UHBR Fan at Different Flight Conditions

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Schuff ◽  
Jannik Reisberg
Keyword(s):  
Aerodynamic Characteristics ◽  
Aeroelastic Stability ◽  
Aerodynamic Damping ◽  
Aerodynamic Loading ◽  
Similarity Principle ◽  
Flutter Analysis ◽  
Effective Angle ◽  
Inlet Conditions ◽  
Compressor Map ◽  
Operating Points

A flexible UHBR fan is investigated at different flight conditions with a focus on static deflections and aeroelastic stability. Operating points at varying inlet conditions, which are comparable according to the Mach similarity principle, are investigated. However, not all the aerodynamic characteristics remain identical and aerodynamic damping of mode shape vibrations is changed. When steady deformations of the fan blades are taken into account, the deviation between different inlet conditions increases further. This is mainly due to torsional deflections, changing the effective angle of attack and causing a general shift of the compressor map. Even though the subsequent changes in flutter predictions are not severe for most parts of the compressor map, the behavior at the boundaries is sensitive to the real flight condition. As shown, the Mach similarity principle is not suitable for investigating aeroelastic stability throughout the whole flight envelope, especially when the static blade deformation is not neglectable. The reason for this can be found in the complex interaction between dimension-less numbers (Mach, Reynolds), sized values (pressure difference or aerodynamic loading, natural frequency) and their dependency on each other.

Olfactory intensity-difference thresholds in the pigeon.

1969 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Shumake ◽  
James C. Smith ◽  
Don. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Intensity Difference ◽  
Difference Thresholds

Whiteness difference thresholds in dentistry

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
María M. Pérez ◽  
Luis Javier Herrera ◽  
Francisco Carrillo ◽  
Oscar E. Pecho ◽  
Diana Dudea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Difference Thresholds

scholarly journals Functional Role of Auditory Cortex in Frequency Processing and Pitch Perception

2002 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Jude Tramo ◽  
Gaurav D. Shah ◽  
Louis D. Braida
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Cortex ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Frequency Discrimination ◽  
Frequency Selectivity ◽  
Frequency Resolution ◽  
Frequency Change ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Difference Thresholds ◽  
Frequency Processing

Microelectrode studies in nonhuman primates and other mammals have demonstrated that many neurons in auditory cortex are excited by pure tone stimulation only when the tone's frequency lies within a narrow range of the audible spectrum. However, the effects of auditory cortex lesions in animals and humans have been interpreted as evidence against the notion that neuronal frequency selectivity is functionally relevant to frequency discrimination. Here we report psychophysical and anatomical evidence in favor of the hypothesis that fine-grained frequency resolution at the perceptual level relies on neuronal frequency selectivity in auditory cortex. An adaptive procedure was used to measure difference thresholds for pure tone frequency discrimination in five humans with focal brain lesions and eight normal controls. Only the patient with bilateral lesions of primary auditory cortex and surrounding areas showed markedly elevated frequency difference thresholds: Weber fractions for frequency direction discrimination (“higher”—“lower” pitch judgments) were about eightfold higher than Weber fractions measured in patients with unilateral lesions of auditory cortex, auditory midbrain, or dorsolateral frontal cortex; Weber fractions for frequency change discrimination (“same”—“different” pitch judgments) were about seven times higher. In contrast, pure-tone detection thresholds, difference thresholds for pure tone duration discrimination centered at 500 ms, difference thresholds for vibrotactile intensity discrimination, and judgments of visual line orientation were within normal limits or only mildly impaired following bilateral auditory cortex lesions. In light of current knowledge about the physiology and anatomy of primate auditory cortex and a review of previous lesion studies, we interpret the present results as evidence that fine-grained frequency processing at the perceptual level relies on the integrity of finely tuned neurons in auditory cortex.

scholarly journals Dissimilar Ligands Bind in a Similar Fashion: A Guide to Ligand Binding-Mode Prediction with Application to CELPP Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (22) ◽  
pp. 12320
Author(s):  
Xianjin Xu ◽  
Xiaoqin Zou
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Similarity ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Binding Mode ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Complex Structures ◽  
Binding Modes ◽  
Ligand Complex ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Binding Mode Prediction ◽  
Similarity Principle

The molecular similarity principle has achieved great successes in the field of drug design/discovery. Existing studies have focused on similar ligands, while the behaviors of dissimilar ligands remain unknown. In this study, we developed an intercomparison strategy in order to compare the binding modes of ligands with different molecular structures. A systematic analysis of a newly constructed protein–ligand complex structure dataset showed that ligands with similar structures tended to share a similar binding mode, which is consistent with the Molecular Similarity Principle. More importantly, the results revealed that dissimilar ligands can also bind in a similar fashion. This finding may open another avenue for drug discovery. Furthermore, a template-guiding method was introduced for predicting protein–ligand complex structures. With the use of dissimilar ligands as templates, our method significantly outperformed the traditional molecular docking methods. The newly developed template-guiding method was further applied to recent CELPP studies.

scholarly journals Temporal difference thresholds and repetitive stimulation: Can click trains improve temporal sensitivity?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily A. Williams ◽  
Ruth Ogden ◽  
Andrew James Stewart ◽  
Luke Anthony Jones
Keyword(s):  
Internal Clock ◽  
Theory Model ◽  
Repetitive Stimulation ◽  
Difference Threshold ◽  
Temporal Difference ◽  
Temporal Bisection ◽  
Null Result ◽  
Verbal Estimation ◽  
Difference Thresholds ◽  
Main Component

Trains of auditory clicks increase subsequent judgements of stimulus duration by approximately 10%. Scalar timing theory suggests this is due to a 10% increase in pacemaker rate, a main component of the internal clock. The effect has been demonstrated in many timing tasks, including verbal estimation, temporal generalisation, and temporal bisection. However, the effect of click trains has yet to be examined on temporal sensitivity, commonly measured by temporal difference thresholds. We sought to investigate this both experimentally; where we found no significant increase in temporal sensitivity, and computationally; by modelling the temporal difference threshold task according to scalar timing theory. Our experimental null result presented three possibilities which we investigated by simulating a 10% increase in pacemaker rate in a newly-created scalar timing theory model of thresholds. We found that a 10% increase in pacemaker rate led to a significant improvement in temporal sensitivity in only 8.66% of 10,000 simulations. When a 74% increase in pacemaker rate was modelled to simulate the filled-duration illusion, temporal sensitivity was significantly improved in 55.36% of simulations. Therefore, scalar timing theory does predict improved temporal sensitivity for a faster pacemaker, but the effect of click trains (a supposed 10% increase) appears to be too small to be reliably found in the temporal difference threshold task.

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