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Reaction Time as an Index of Sensory Function

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Animal Psychophysics: the design and conduct of sensory experiments

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It is probably quite apparent from the contents of this book that there are many techniques which can be used to determine either the minimum levels of stimulation or the minimum difference in levels of stimulation necessary to produce behavioral consequences. These techniques all produce a measure of sensitivity conventionally called the threshold; they all determine something about the fineness with which an organism can discriminate certain elements of his environment from other similar elements.

The work reported in this chapter was supported by National Institutes of Health grants HD-00930 and MH-12021 to Columbia University and NB-05077 and NS-05785 to the University of Michigan.

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  1. Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    David B. Moody

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  1. Kresge Hearing Research Institute, and Departments of Otorhinolaryngology and Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    William C. Stebbins

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Moody, D.B. (1970). Reaction Time as an Index of Sensory Function. In: Stebbins, W.C. (eds) Animal Psychophysics: the design and conduct of sensory experiments. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4514-6_13

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