Exploring Mass Perception with Markov Chain Monte Carlo

Autor/inn/en	Cohen, Andrew L.; Ross, Michael G.
Titel	Exploring Mass Perception with Markov Chain Monte Carlo
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35 (2009) 6, S.1833-1844 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
DOI	10.1037/a0016799
Schlagwörter	Markov Processes; Monte Carlo Methods; Sampling; Perception; Observation; Scientific Concepts; Heuristics; Experiments; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Markowscher Prozess; Monte-Carlo-Methode; Wahrnehmung; Beobachtung; Heuristik; Erprobung; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Several previous studies have examined the ability to judge the relative mass of objects in idealized collisions. With a newly developed technique of psychological Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling (A. N. Sanborn & T. L. Griffiths, 2008), this work explores participants; perceptions of different collision mass ratios. The results reveal interparticipant differences and a qualitative distinction between the perception of 1:1 and 1:2 ratios. The results strongly suggest that participants' perceptions of 1:1 collisions are described by simple heuristics. The evidence for 1:2 collisions favors heuristic perception models that are sensitive to the sign but not the magnitude of perceived mass differences. (Contains 10 footnotes, 1 table, and 7 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10