The effect of type of feedback on human timing performance
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Title
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The effect of type of feedback on human timing performance
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:19b787cbe4a6:10629
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identifier
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10795
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Creator
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Mangiapanello, Kathleen A.,
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Contributor
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Nancy S. Hemmes
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Date
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2010
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Behavioral psychology | Cognitive psychology | feedback | time estimation
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Abstract
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The purpose of the present experiment was to assess the effects of several of forms of feedback on timing performance across a range of durations (range: 5-25 s) under conditions in which participants were required to perform a concurrent task. Type of feedback was characterized in terms of precision, a term adopted to describe the quantitative relation between properties of a given feedback stimulus with properties of the timing response. Two models for describing the precision of feedback stimuli were proposed. In the present experiment, 4 different forms of feedback that varied in level of precision in relation to estimated time and stimulus duration were employed in a between-groups design. Analyses of the log-transformed data suggested that various forms of feedback differentially affected time judgments, indicating a relation between the between precision of feedback and time judgments; greater precision yielded more accurate judgments. One of the two proposed models of feedback precision was better supported by the data. According to that model, precision of feedback increases in direct relation to the number of feedback statements contained within the feedback stimulus.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
