Psychophysics of Kinesthesis
- 1 September 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Motor Behavior
- Vol. 4 (3) , 135-142
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.1972.10734929
Abstract
A horizontal straight-arm movement was used to determine the relationship between the physical stimulus continuum and the psychological continuum of kinesthetic extent of arm movement. A power function with an exponent of 1.075 best described this relationship. In addition, to classify extent of movement as belonging to either a prothetic or metathetic continuum, the category scale was derived. According to the functional criteria described by Stevens (1957), extent of movement was subserved by a metathetic process which would indicate that, for the present task, judgments were made through the use of positional cues rather than amplitude cues.Keywords
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