Sensation and Perception: Direct Scaling

Teghtsoonian, Martha

doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.43087-4

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“…With magnitude estimation, participants are asked to attribute a numerical value to a given stimulus, signifying its intensity. Notably, this method imposes no constraints on the number that can be assigned (Teghtsoonian, 2015). The data harvested in this manner can aptly capture the dynamic nature of suspense as the narrative progresses, rendering the measurement remarkably adaptable and responsive to fine-grained changes in suspense intensity (see also Doust, 2015, p. 193).…”

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Measuring Suspense in Real Time: A New Experimental Methodology

Bentz,

Cortez Espinoza,

Simeonova

et al. 2024

Scientific Study of Literature

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Narrative suspense represents a multifaceted cognitive-emotional response triggered by unfolding storylines. Recognized as a critical aesthetic element in literary narratives, its investigation has gained momentum across psychology, narratology, and related disciplines, with a focus on its textual, emotional, and cognitive underpinnings. The empirical foundations of such studies hinge critically on our capacity to quantify suspense, establishing a dependable suspense arc for narratives. Despite a plethora of methods available within current literature, all with their respective merits and limitations, the empirical measurement of suspense, particularly for written texts, poses a substantial challenge. This paper introduces a novel experimental paradigm to construct a high-resolution suspense arc for extended literary narratives within a laboratory setting. The methodology is exemplified using a German translation of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Brazilian Cat.

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Measuring Suspense in Real Time: A New Experimental Methodology

Bentz,

Cortez Espinoza,

Simeonova

et al. 2024

Scientific Study of Literature

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“…Another method is to instruct participants to carry out a task from which we can infer what experience they have. For instance, we can determine when one experiences two patches as having the same color by instructing to control the color of one patch so that it matches the other patch ( Sarkar et al 2010 ) or can scale some aspects of one’s sensory experience, such as brightness and loudness, by instructing to assign numbers to represent their magnitudes ( Teghtsoonian 2015 ). These methods work very well for subjective features of experience that are fragmentally extracted from the whole experience (e.g.…”

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A new experimental phenomenological method to explore the subjective features of psychological phenomena: its application to binocular rivalry

Niikawa

Miyahara

Hamada

et al. 2020

Neuroscience of Consciousness

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The subjective features of psychological phenomena have been studied intensively in experimental science in recent years. Although various methods have been proposed to identify subjective features of psychological phenomena, there are elusive subjective features such as the spatiotemporal structure of experience, which are difficult to capture without some additional methodological tools. We propose a new experimental method to address this challenge, which we call the contrast-based experimental phenomenological method (CEP). CEP proceeds in four steps: (i) front-loading phenomenology, (ii) online second-personal interview, (iii) questionnaire survey, and (iv) hypotheses testing. It differs from other experimental phenomenological methods in that it takes advantage of phenomenal contrasts in collecting phenomenological data. In this paper, we verify the validity and productivity of this method by applying it to binocular rivalry (BR). The study contributes to empirical research on BR in three respects. First, it provides additional evidence for existing propositions about the subjective features of BR: e.g. the proposition that the temporal dynamics of the experience depend upon subject-dependent parameters such as attentional change. Second, it deepens our understanding of the spatiotemporal structures of the transition phase of BR. Third, it elicits new research questions about depth experience and individual differences in BR. The presence of such contributions demonstrates the validity and productivity of CEP.

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Sensation and Perception: Direct Scaling

Cited by 2 publications

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Measuring Suspense in Real Time: A New Experimental Methodology

Measuring Suspense in Real Time: A New Experimental Methodology

A new experimental phenomenological method to explore the subjective features of psychological phenomena: its application to binocular rivalry

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