Response Durations: A Flexible, No-Cost Tool for Psychological Science

Pfister, Roland; Neszmélyi, Bence; Kunde, Wilfried

doi:10.1177/09637214221141692

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“…By integrating long RDs into the design of the present study, we were able to corroborate the vague evidence for these binding effects. The results therefore underscore the utility of assessing RDs as a unique approach to studying cognitive function (Pfister et al, 2023).…”

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Binding and retrieval of temporal action features: Probing the precision level of feature representations in action planning.

Bogon¹,

Köllnberger²,

Thomaschke³

et al. 2023

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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The duration of action can be critical to accomplishing specific goals. Empirical findings and theoretical considerations suggest that different stages of action planning and execution require different specification levels of action features. It is assumed that at first only crude categorical features are integrated into action plans, which are then specified by subsequent sensorimotor processes during action execution based on situational conditions. In two experiments, we investigated if the integration of action duration into action plans indeed relies exclusively on categorical duration representations or also on continuous-metric representations. Participants responded to visual prime and probe stimuli with short and long key presses. The duration of the prime response was indicated by a previous response cue, and the duration of the probe response was indicated by the shape of the probe stimulus. Analyses of response durations revealed that for response category repetitions from prime to probe, the actual durations of the repeated responses were more similar for shape repetitions than for shape switches. This indicates that continuous temporal information is integrated into an action plan and subsequently retrieved by stimulus repetition. Our results suggest that action duration is integrated into the action plan in a relatively precise form at an early stage of action planning. Public Significance StatementEmpirical findings and theoretical considerations suggest that different stages of action planning and execution require different specification levels of action features. It is assumed that at first only crude categorical features are integrated into action plans, which are then specified by subsequent sensorimotor processes during action execution based on situational conditions. This study provides evidence that continuous action features are integrated into action plans in an already relatively precise form at an early stage of action planning.

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confidence: 74%

Binding and retrieval of temporal action features: Probing the precision level of feature representations in action planning.

Bogon¹,

Köllnberger²,

Thomaschke³

et al. 2023

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Perfor

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“…We expect these data to establish a "normal" degree of performance inconsistency among healthy examinees; this is likely to be greater among patients experiencing the adverse effects of a concussion (Broglio et al, 2007). Pfister et al (2023) recommended evaluating a diverse set of measures of complex perceptual motor movement as a means of gaining an improved understanding of relationships between cognitive processes and motor behavior). Separating an…”

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“…Pfister et al (2023) recommended evaluating a diverse set of measures of complex perceptual motor movement as a means of gaining an improved understanding of relationships between cognitive processes and motor behavior). Separating an estimated PL interval from the overall task RT distinguishes the duration of primarily visual detection and decision-making processes from the total amount of time required to complete a movement response after visual stimulus appearance.…”

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“…Overlapping stages of neural processing include stimulus detection (i.e., perceptual awareness), stimulus interpretation and response selection (i.e., cognitive processing), and response execution (i.e., motor activation and control). Despite overlap between the cognitive and motor stages of RT, subdivision of the elapsed time is needed to estimate the durations of component processes that may yield different information (Pfister et al, 2023). The terms “decision time” or “perceptual latency” (PL) can be used to refer to the duration of these various delays between stimulus appearance and initiation of some detectable response, in which case the term “movement time” refers to the additional amount of time required to complete a specified action (Morral-Yepes et al, 2022).…”

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“…The terms “decision time” or “perceptual latency” (PL) can be used to refer to the duration of these various delays between stimulus appearance and initiation of some detectable response, in which case the term “movement time” refers to the additional amount of time required to complete a specified action (Morral-Yepes et al, 2022). Because some amount of cognitive control guides a motor response beyond its initiation, including rapid ballistic movements (Pfister et al, 2023), assessment of only PL may provide an incomplete representation of integrated cognitive and motor processing.…”

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Test-Retest Reliability of Immersive Virtual Reality Measures of Perceptual-Motor Performance

Wilkerson,

Lansey,

Noblett

et al. 2023

Percept Mot Skills

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Background: The duration, accuracy, and consistency of responses to various types of stimuli are widely accepted as indirect indicators of the efficiency of brain information processing, but current clinical tests appear to lack sufficient sensitivity to detect subtle impairments. Purpose: Immersive virtual reality (VR) offers a new means to acquire measures of perceptual-motor responses to moving visual stimuli that require rapid conflict resolution, but their test-retest reliability has not yet been demonstrated. Research Design: Repeated measures. Study Sample: We analyzed data from 19 healthy young adults who performed a 40-trial VR test on three consecutive days. Data Collection and Analysis: We focused on response time (RT) and perceptual latency (PL) for eye, neck, arm, and whole-body step displacements involved in executing a reaching/lunging movement in a right or left direction toward a peripherally located virtual target. Measures of RT and PL included a 40-trial mean, an intra-individual variability (IIV) value, and a rate correct score (RCS) that incorporated both response duration and accuracy. Results: Most mean and IIV values for PL and RT demonstrated a positive distributional skew that was substantially reduced by natural logarithm transformation. While a learning effect was evident between sessions 1 and 2 for 7 of 8 mean PL and RT measures, 3-session intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) values were moderate to excellent for 15 of 16 transformed PL and RT measures (range: .618 to .922). The composite RCS metric did not require transformation for either PL or RT, whose respective 3-session ICC values were .877 and .851. Conclusions: This moderate to excellent test-retest reliability for various VR measures of perceptual-motor function, combined with evidence of their validity from both past and future research, suggest that these measures can advance clinical detection of impaired brain processing and longitudinal assessments of potentially modifiable performance deficiencies.

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