An Examination of Intertrial Interval and Gender Influences on Sucrose Detection Thresholds Established by a Modified Staircase Procedure

Perception - Tập 10 Số 1 - Trang 35-38 - 1981
Matthew Kunka1, Richard L. Doty2, R. Gregg Settle3
1Department of Psychology, Southampton College, Long Island University, Southampton, New York 11968, USA
2University of Pennsylvania Clinical Smell and Taste Research Center, and Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Human Communication, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
3Veterans Administration Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA

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The influence of intertrial interval durations ranging from 7 to 30 s upon sucrose detection thresholds of sixteen subjects was investigated by means of a modified staircase procedure with intertrial rinses. In addition, the influence of the sex of the subject was examined. Neither the intertrial interval nor the sex of the subject significantly affected sucrose detection thresholds. The results suggest that, in sucrose detection threshold studies using the present procedure, one can employ intertrial intervals as short as 7 s without significantly affecting the threshold value.

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Perception

Tập 10 Số 1

35-38

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