Perceptual Interaction Between Stimulus Dimensions as the Basis of Dimensional Integrality.

Abstract

This paper describes and tests a new psychological theory of dimensional integrality. Integrality refers to the phenomenon of physically independent dimensions appearing fused into a single perceptual attribute such that the physically separable dimensions are not perceptually separable. The theory proposes that all stimuli are perceived as combinations of perceptually independent dimensions, but that for integral stimulus sets the perceptual dimensions do not correspond to the physically independent dimensions. Integrality is demonstrated psychophysically by interaction in psychological similarity space between physically independent dimensions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA064867

Entities

People

  • Patricia Somers

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Classification
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Integrals
  • Judgment
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
  • Observers
  • Psychological Theory
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysics
  • Reaction Time
  • Systems Engineering
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.

Technology Areas

  • Space