THE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE RESPONSES AND CERTAINTY ESTIMATES ON THE INTEGRATION OF VISUAL INFORMATION.

Abstract

Integration of information was investigated in two experiments that employed a multiple observation, tilt discrimination task. The integration model of signal detection theory generally overestimated the improvement in discrimination resulting from additional observations. Further, probabilistic multiple responses proved detrimental to discrimination. These results differ from earlier findings using different discrimination tasks. Reasons for the differences were discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 26, 1969
Accession Number
AD0683363

Entities

People

  • Joseph Halpern
  • Z. Joseph Ulehla

Organizations

  • University of Denver

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Displays
  • Detection
  • Discrimination
  • Observation
  • Signal Detection

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation