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Scientific ProgramFechner Day 2003 presents the latest research knowledge in psychophysics and provides a forum for discussions in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Apart from keynote address, five theme sessions and one poster session are planned. The Final Program is available below and in pdf-format (suitable for printing).
Scientific ProgramConference Room: New York, Palm Beach Hotel
Sunday, October 19 | 16.00 - 19.00 | Registration (Conference Hotel Lobby)
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Monday, October 20 | 10.00 | Assembly
| | 10.30 - 12.00 | Opening Session
| | 10.30 | Opening Address
Welcome to Fechner Day 2003
Birgitta Berglund, Stockholm University & Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
| | 11.00 | Keynote Address
The [Square] Root of All Evil
Eugene Galanter, Columbia University; USA (p. 91)*
| | 12:00 - 14.00 | LUNCH
| | 14.00-17.00 | Theme Session I: What Do We Know?: The Quest Revisited
Chair: Robert Teghtsoonian, Smith College, USA
| | 14.10 | Putting context effects into context
Martha Teghtsoonian, Smith College, U.S.A.; R. Teghtsoonian (p. 309)
| | 14.30 | Context effects in the scaling and discrimination of size
Helen Ross, University of Sterling, UK (p. 257)
| | 14.50 | Perceptual ratios, differences, and the underlying scale
Wolfgang Ellermeier, Aalborg University, Denmark; L. Narens & B. Dielmann (p. 71)
| | 15:10 | COFFEE BREAK
| | 15.40 | A model of ratio production and estimation and some behavioral predictions
R. Duncan Luce, University of California, U.S.A.; R. Steingrimsson (p. 157)
| | 16.00 | Metapsychophysics: some ‘Big’ questions and tentative answers
Lawrence Ward, University of British Columbia, Canada (p. 337)
| | 16.20 | General Discussion
| | 19.00 | EVENING Reception
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* (p. n) = page number in the proceedings
Tuesday, October 21 | 10.00 - 12.00 | Theme Session II: Perception of Complex Events and Brain Activity
Chairs: Marina Pavlova, University of Tübingen, Germany & John C. Baird, Psychological Applications, USA
| | 10.10 | Mapping the cortical substrates of biological motion perception: associations and dissociations
Philip Servos, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada (p. 287)
| | 10.30 | Aspects of visual perception and cognition in the avian brain
Lucia Regolin, Padova University, Italy; G. Vallortigara (p. 245)
| | 10.50 | Engagement of periventricular parietal regions in biological motion processing
Marina Pavlova, University of Tübingen, Germany; A. Sokolov, M. Staudt, N. Birbaumer, P. Enck, & I. Krägeloh-Mann (p. 229)
| | 11.10 | Multisensory processing and meg gamma-activity
A. Sokolov, Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany; M. Pavlova, W. Lutzenberger, & N. Birbaumer (p. 303)
| | 11.30 | General Discussion
| | 12.00 - 14.00 | LUNCH
| | 14.00 - 17.00 | Poster Session - See below
| | 17.00 - 18.30 | ISP Business meeting
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Wednesday, October 22 | 9.30 - 12.00 | Theme Session III: Confidence in Psychophysical Judgment
Chair: Douglas Vickers, University of Adelaide, Australia
| | 9.40 | C. S. Peirce, confidence and random walk theory
Stephen Link, University of California & McMaster University, U.S.A. (p. 151)
| | 10.00 | Confidence ratings in wine assessment
Ana Garriga-Trillo, UNED, Spain; P. Muro & J.M. Merino (p. 97)
| | 10.20 | COFFEE BREAK
| | 10.50 | Calibration of response times and confidence in perception and cognition
William Petrusic, Carlton University, Canada (p. 235)
| | 11.10 | Confidence and response time in three-category judgment
Douglas Vickers, University Adelaide, Australia (p. 325)
| | 11.30 | General Discussion
| | 12:00 - 14.00 | LUNCH
| | 9.30 - 12.00 | Theme Session IV: Applied Cognitive Psychophysics
Chair: Ana Garriga-Trillo, UNED, Spain
| | 14.10 | Auditory psychophysics in the light of perceptual-cognitive context effects
Viktor Sarris, Johan-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Germany (p. 269)
| | 14.30 | Familiarity, visual complexity and age of acquisition bias: the assessment of semantic deterioration in Alzheimer’s patients
Francisco J. Moreno, UNED, Spain; Peraita, H. (p. 193)
| | 14.50 | Client’s perception of the service received in travel agencies
Cristina Esteban Alberdi, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain; L. Rubio Andrada & J.M. Rodríguez Antón (p. 77)
| | 15.10 | COFFEE BREAK
| | 15.40 | Choosing a vacation spot using Borg’s scale: A collective action perspective
Itziar Alberdi, UNED, Spain (p. 7)
| | 16.00 | Evaluation procedure for inconsistent multi-attributes decision-making - representability of inconsistent preference relation by the use of evaluation structure
Syohei Ishizu, Aoyama Gakuin University, Kanagawa, Japan; Gehrman, A. (p. 127)
| | 16.20 | Cognitive maps of Toledo, Spain
Ana Garriga-Trillo, UNED, Spain; E. Alonso-Gasa & L. Herrero-Arjona (p. -)
| | 16.40 | General Discussion
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Thursday, October 23 | 9.00 - 12.00 | Theme Session V: Perceptual Separability: A Confluence of Structure and Process in Methodology, Theory and Experimentatio
Chair: James T. Townsend, Indiana University, USA
| | 9.10 | Stochastic modeling of stroop stimuli processing: a puzzle
Daniel Algom, Tel-Aviv University, Israel; A. Eidels & J.T. Townsend (p. 13)
| | 9.30 | Disentangling the components of a multiplicative function for apparent duration
Joseph Glicksohn, Bar-Ilan University, Israel (p. 109)
| | 9.50 | Modeling the inhibition of a saccadic eye movement
Hans Colonius, University of Oldenburg, Germany; A. Diederich (p. -)
| | 10.10 | COFFEE BREAK
| | 10.40 | Testing perceptual separability: from theory to data to theory
Helena Kadlec, University of Victoria, Canada; J.T. Townsend (p. 133)
| | 11.00 | General recognition theory and probabilistic perceptual separability on simple cognitive surfaces
James T. Townsend, Indiana University, USA; M. Fific & A. Assadi (p. 315)
| | 11.20 | General Discussion
| | 12:00 - 14.00 | LUNCH
| | AFTERNOON | Open Program
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Poster SessionTUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 14.00-17.00
A Multitude of Psychophysics
Chair: Gunnar Borg, Stockholm University, Sweden
| Actis Grosso, Rossana | Re-discoveries in perception: towards a database
(co-author: S.Vezziani) (p. 1) | | Alves, Nelson T. | Perception of facial expressions of emotion and brain lateralization
(co-authors: S.S. Fukusima & J. A. da Silva) (p. 17) | | Ben-David, Boaz | The emotional stroop effect is a generic reaction to threat, not a selective reaction to specific semantic categories
(co-authors: L. Levy & D. Algom) (p. 21) | | Berglund, Birgitta | Soundscapes perceived by children and adults
(co-authors: Ö. Axelsson & M.E. Nilsson) (p. 199) | | Borg, Elisabet | The multidimensional character of perceived exertion for a maximal and sub-maximal cycle ergometer test (p. 31) | | Borg, Gunnar | An index for relations between perceptual magnitudes based on level-anchored ratio scaling (p. 37) | | Casco, Clara | The relation between saliency of motion and form
(co-authors: A. Grieco & E. Giora) (p. 43) | | Clara, Elena | Spontaneous preference for symmetrical stimuli in visually naïve chicks
(co-authors: C. Agrillo, L. Regolin, & G. Vallortigara) (p. 47) | | Cools, Walentina | The role of context in category scaling: placing anchors at equal distances
(co-authors: J. Hofmans, S. Baekelandt, O. Mairesse, M. Strubbe, & P. Theuns) (p. 53) | | Diederich, Adele | The time-window-of-integration model of multisensory integration in visual-tactile saccade generation
(co-author: H. Colonius) (p. -) | | Ehm, Werner | Analysis of a stochastic version of the ‘klepsydra model’
(co-author: J. Wackermann) (p. 59) | | Eisler, Anna | Perception of global risks: A human ecological approach
(co-authors: H. Eisler & M. Yoshida) (p. 65) | | Elliott, Mark A. | Engendering anticipation using periodic stimuli, implications for temporal models of inner psychophysics (p. -) | | Fitousi, Daniel | Automaticity versus attention in the processing of two-digits numerals
(co-authors: E. Chajut & D. Algom) (p. 83) | | Gidlöf Gunnarsson, Anita | Utilizing noise sensitivity in longterm to shortterm noise annoyance model
(co-authors: B. Berglund & M.E. Nilsson) (p. 103) | | Hellström, Åke | Word-order effects in preference comparison (p. 121) | | Kang, Jian | Soundscape and acoustic comfort in urban open public spaces
(co-authors: W. Yang & M. Zhang) (p. 139) | | Kuelzow, Nadine | Reaction times and probability of stimulus detection in areas of residual vision after brain damage
(co-authors: I. Mueller & B.A. Sabel) (p. 145) | | Lachmann, Thomas | Functional coordination deficit in children with developmental dyslexia
(co-author: S. Fuchs) (p. 87) | | Lachmann, Thomas | Mental rotation of letters in dyslexics and implications for diagnosis and educational treatment
(co-auhors: S. Rusiak & P. Jaskowski) (p. 263) | | Lindblom, Ulf | Assessing warmth and cold intensities at different body areas with thermal rollers (p. -) | | Mairesse, Olivier | Objective assessment of subjective sleepiness using category-ratio scaling: a preview
(co-authors: W. Cools, M. Strubbe, R. Cluydts, & P. Theuns) (p. 163) | | Marconato, Fabio | Spontaneous preference for point-light biological motion displays in newly hatched chicks
(co-authors: L. Regolin & G. Vallortigara) (p. 169) | | Martín, Rocío | Children’s assessment of school soundscape
(co-authors: I. Lopéz-Barrio & J.D. Guillén) (p. 175) | | Matsushima, Elton | Evidences for an interpretation of modulus of power function for spatial visual perception tasks
(co-authors: N.P. Ribeiro-Filho & J.A. da Silva) (p. 181) | | Monahan, John S. | The vocal reverse stroop effect: interference and congruity
(co-author: S. M. Sheffert) (p. 187) | | Näätinen, Risto | The mismatch negativity (MMN): an objective measure of sound discrimination and auditory sensory memory (p. -) | | Nilsson, Mats E | Noise sensitivity and soundscape perception
(co-author: A. Nougo) (p. 205) | | Oberfeld-Twistel, Daniel | Modeling the effects of forward-masker level on the loudness of a tone (p. 211) | | Oliveira, Armando M. de | Do valence and arousal prompt the same or different ERP components? Pointing towards an inner psychophysics
(co-authors: I.B. Fonseca, M. Teixeira, & E.R. Sanots) (p. 217) | | Paramei, Galina | Size induction: A judgment-order effect
(co-authors: J. Hamada & W.H. Ehrenstein) (p. 223) | | Plank, Tina | Discrimination of temporal loudness profiles
(co-author: W. Ellermeier) (p. 241) | | Rondinoni, Carlo | Stereoscopic sensitivity and stimuli selection in visual search
(co-author: C. Galera) (p. 251) | | Roussel, Marie-Eve | Attention preparation and duration discrimination
(co-authors: S. Grondin, T. Rammsayer, & P-L. Gamache) (p. 115) | | Sartori, Riccardo | The effect of prior stimulus information upon category ratings
(co-author: M. Tommasi) (p. 275) | | Scharf, Bert | Induced loudness reduction: correlations between ears and procedures
(co-authors: B. Nieder, S. Buus, & Y. Cazals) (p. 281) | | Shaki, Samuel | Instruction interference and the semantic congruity effect
(co-author: W.M. Petrusic) (p. 293) | | Shendyapin, Valentin M. | Formal neurons approach for sensory judgments modeling
(co-author: I.G. Skotnikova) (p. 299) | | Travieso, David | Psychophysical functions of the combining effects of Müller-Lyer and horizontal-vertical illusions
(co-author: M. Suero) (p. 319) | | Wackermann, Jiri | The ‘klepsydra model’ of internal time representation
(co-authors: W. Ehm & J. Späti) (p. 331) | | Zheng, Li | Odor and sensory irritation perception in women with chemical sensitivity
(co-authors: B. Berglund & I. Johansson) (p. 25) | | Zimmer, Karin | Validity of Luce´s transformation function relating numerals and numbers in loudness fractionation (p. 343) |
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