The asymptotic distribution of response probabilities in the Audley-Jonckheere learning model

The asymptotic distributions of response probabilities in the Audley-Jonckheere learning model, as applied to the two-choice learning situation, are described for (1) the experimenter-controlled events model, (2) the subject-controlled events model, and (3) the experimenter-subject-controlled events model.     

Visual information processing of sequentially presented inputs: III. Further effects of list length and interstimulus interval values on sub-span storage and retrieval mechanisms

Two experiments were carried out, employing a computer-based cathode-ray tube display system, to study further the effects of sub-span Hst length, i.e., two, three, four, and five decimal digits, and relatively small interstimulus interval (ISI) values, i.e., 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 msec, on visual information processing, storage, and retrieval mechanisms. The results of the first experiment confirmed the compttcated intenctions found in two earlier studies between Hst length and ISI values, but with much smaller ISI values than employed preriousfy. The results of the second experiment, in which unequal ISI values were employed within the same length input string, showed little effect resulting from this parameter, but it was suggested that a wider distribution of different ISI values within the same length input string would produce very strong effects.     

Psychophysical methodology IV: Phi gamma hypothesis and the method of limits

Assuming the phi-gamma hypothesis, deductions concerning the method of limits (ML) are derived. For a given step size, the selection of the initial stimulus for ascending series or for descending series has little effect on the summary statistical measures of the ML. Estimates of ML statistics are derived for different step sizes, and these estimates are used to estimate the mean and standard deviation of the phi-gamma hypothesis. Also considered are how summary statistical measures of the ML are influenced by extremely large and small step sizes and by the definition of a ML threshold.     

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN ATTENTIONAL PREFERENCE FOR COLOUR OVER FORM1

Huit groupes de sujets, différant par l'instruction et la culture, ont été soumis à un test d'appariement par la couleur ou la forme, (i) Plus le niveau d'instruction s'élève et plus se manifeste une préférence pour la forme, chez les enfants anglais citadins, les Indiens citadins et les Zambiens ruraux, mais non chez les enfants zambiens habitant la brousse lointaine ou la ville. (2) La préférence pour la forme a un rapport moins direct avec l'âge qu'avec l'instruction chez les enfants zambiens ruraux. (3) Les enfants zambiens ruraux et citadins préfèrent plus fréquemment la couleur que les enfants anglais et indiens citadins et moins fréquemment que les enfants zambiens de brousse lointaine de même niveau scolaire. (4) Les étudiants zambiens préfèrent plus fréquemment la forme que les Zambiennes adultes illettrées. (5) Aucune différence entre races n'apparaît chez les sujets d'un jardin d'enfants privilégié.     

The semiautomatic Wisconsin general test apparatus

A semiautomatic version of the Wisconsin General Test Apparatus is described along with circuitry. Comparison data are provided for the semiautomatic and manual WGTA obtained under comparable procedures and conditions. Response latencies are given for go/no-go object discrimination problems and subsequent retention tests.